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Bandera (Spanish: "flag", / b æ n ˈ d ɛr ə / ban-DERR-ə) is a town [clarification needed] in Bandera County, Texas, United States.The county seat, it lies in the Texas Hill Country, a part of the Edwards Plateau located at the crossroads of the central, southern, and western parts of the state, [4] approximately 40 miles northwest of San Antonio and 90 miles southwest of Austin, the state ...
Bandera County (Spanish: "flag", / b æ n ˈ d ɛr ə / ban-DERR-ə) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in the Hill Country and its county seat is Bandera. [1] Bandera county was settled by German and Polish emigrants in the mid 1800s. Many residents are descendants [2] of those same emigrants. As of the 2020 census, the ...
The tide clearly began to turn after 1840, when John Coffee Hays joined the Texas Rangers. Known for improving discipline and morale, he also armed his men with Paterson Colt five-shot revolvers instead of single-shot guns. For the first time, at the Battle of Bandera Pass in 1841, the Indians came up against the "new rangers" and were repelled.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bandera County, Texas. There are four properties listed on the National Register in the county. One property is a State Antiquities Landmark and holds two Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. The remaining properties are also designated as ...
The Bandera County Courthouse and Jail are two separate historic county governmental buildings located near each other in Bandera, Bandera County, Texas, The Bandera County Courthouse, built in 1890 at the corner of Main and Pecan streets, is a Renaissance Revival style building designed by San Antonio architect B. F. Trester.
Bandera Downs in Bandera, Texas. Bandera Downs was an American horse-racing track located in Bandera, Bandera County, Texas.. A thousand people were on hand for the first race at the new track known as Lost Valley Downs in July 1965 [1] running American Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred events until closing after the 1967 season.
The Medina Dam is a hollow-masonry type dam built in 1911 and 1912 by the Medina Irrigation Company in what became Mico, Texas, USA. Medina Lake extends north of it in northeastern Medina County and southeastern Bandera County.
Bandera Pass [elevation 1,745 feet (532 m)] is a mountain pass in Bandera County, Texas, in the United States. [1] On the divide between watersheds of the Guadalupe and Medina Rivers, it is located on State Highway 173 10 miles (16 km) north of the town of Bandera .