| Marker Number |
290 |
| Atlas Number |
5019000290 |
| Marker Title |
Bandera County |
| Index Entry |
Bandera County |
| Address |
SH 16 S |
| City |
Bandera |
| County |
Bandera |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
493638 |
| UTM Northing |
3288845 |
| Subject Codes |
counties; rangers; religious leaders; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
600 block SH 16 S, in pullout on north side of SH 16, east of Old San Antonio Road. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (pink granite and bronze) |
| Marker Text |
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 |
