Bandera County
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
29.7297° N, 99.0658° W
Where to Find It
600 block SH 16 S, in pullout on north side of SH 16, east of Old San Antonio Road.
Nearby Markers
- 0.3 mi SW Benjamin Franklin and Mary Hay Langford, Jr. Home Bandera
- 0.3 mi SW Schmidtke-Callahan House Bandera
- 0.3 mi W Frontier Times Museum Bandera
- 0.4 mi SW The Mills of Bandera Bandera
- 0.4 mi SW Old Jail & Courthouse Bandera
- 0.4 mi SW Warren Hunter Bandera