Bandera County

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A strategic Indian point in early days. Rangers and Comanches struggled here in 1843. In 1854 Elder Lyman Wight settled Mormon colony. In 1855 Poles settled here. From early days a part of Bexar County, created and organized in 1856. Bandera, the county seat founded by John James, Charles de Montel and John Herndon in 1853

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Address SH 16 S

Location Description 600 block SH 16 S, in pullout on north side of SH 16, east of Old San Antonio Road.

Marker # 290

Dedicated 1936

Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (pink granite and bronze)

Code counties; rangers; religious leaders; Native Americans

Latitude, Longitude 29.729778, -99.065786

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