Bandera
Historical Notes and Informational News
News can sometimes
be useful for finding clues and add interesting details in your family
history.
1 Jul 1906
Old Deed for the Alamo
Historic Document Presented by Bandera
County Man
Special to the news;
San Antonio, Tex., Jun 28 -- Wm.
G. Evans of Bandera County has presented to the Alamo through the
custodian, Miss Eager, the original deed of a tract of land in Goliad County
to his father, Wm.G. Evans, executed by President Sam Houston at Austin
Aug. 27, 1844, in conformity with the laws of the Republic of Texas, Wm.G.
Evans, the original grantee of the land, was the first Sheriff of Harris
County. The deed is still legible, bearing plainly the seal of the Republic
and the signatures of the President and the Land Commissioner.
6 Dec 1928 - Dallas Morning News -
Eagle With 86 Inch Wing Spread Caught In Bandera County-
Special to the News,
Kerrville, Texas, Dec.
5., - An unusual way to deal with a large eagle that had been killing his
lambs was employed by W.B. Watson when he
caught the huge bird in a steel trap baited with a lamb carcass. The eagle
had a wing spread of 86 inches, and was caught on Winans Creek, Bandera
County, and sent to Kerrville for mounting.
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10 oct 1938 - Dallas Morning News -
Frontiersman Shows Bow and Arrow Use
to Crowds at Fair
Charles Eckhart,
born in Bandera, Bandera County, during frontier Indian days, disdains(sp)
modern firearms and uses an Indian bow and arrow when he hunts deer.
Eckart is shown drawing a bead on an
imaginary buck. He is clad in buckskin clothing of his own making, tanned
from deer he killed with his bow and arrow.
Sponsoring Eckhart's appearance at
the State Fair is Marvin Hunter, publisher of the Frontier Times, Bandera,
a noted authority on frontier history.
Eckhart is the last of the old shingle
makers who established Bandera in 1852, when they flocked there to use
the cypress abounding on the Medina River.
Eckhart has his shingle bench and tolls
and other paraphernalia in the Hall of State. He owns a prosperous sheep
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15 Oct 1938 - Dallas Morning News -
Ranch Lad , 14, to Give Rope-Twirling Show On Two Days at Fair
Bruce Montague,
14, son of Frank M. Montague, Bandera County
ranchman, will give an exhibition of rope twirling in front of the Hall
of State Saturday and Sunday at 4p.m.
Young Montague is an expert cow roper
and does many rope stunts which the late Will Rogers performed. With him
will be his brothers, Frank Montague Jr., Charles
Montague and George Montague, musicians. They will play while bruce
does his rope stunts. Charles Eckhart, Bandera
will give an archer demonstration.
The performance is sponsored by J.
Marvin Hunter and the Frontier Times Museum of Bandera.
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