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Bandera Pass

Bandera vicinity, Bandera County

Marker Text

Celebrated Indian pass known from the earliest days of Spanish settlement. Identified with many a frontier fight and many a hostile inroad. Old Ranger trail from the Medina to the Guadalupe River and the United States Army route between frontier posts followed this route through the mountains.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Bandera, take FM 689 north about 10 miles to intersection with Highway 16 - marker is on 173 r-o-w at intersection.
Marker # 293
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Code mountains and mountain passes; roads; Native Americans
Latitude, Longitude 29.858294, -99.105711

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