Bandera Nature History Museum and Bandera River Park
Day trip to Bandera Texas to visit the Natural History Museum and River Park. The museum was excellent and I highly recommend it very economical the city park is free and provides good hiking along the Medina River.
Inside the Frontier Times Museum, Bandera, Texas.
A look at the weird frontier artifacts in the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera, Texas.
Frontier Times in Bandera, TX | Hit the Road with Chet Garner
What do a two-headed goat, a stuffed mountain lion and a ventriloquist doll named Gino R Tree have in common? They’re part of the weird and wonderful collection of artifacts at the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera. If you find yourself tripping through the Texas Hill Country with an appetite for the abnormal, this is a must stop.
TX Brew Drives - Hill Country Adventure - Bandera Brewery Segment
TX Brew Drives travels to the beautiful TX Hill Country and visits the Bandera Brewery, the Bandera Natural History Museum (both in Bandera), and the Hill Country Distillers (Comfort). This segment exclusively focuses on the Bandera Brewery. Stay tuned as we bring you the full episode soon!
Exploring Texas Hill Country | RV Road Trip
Texas Hill country is a bucolic, rumpled terrain marked by wooded canyons cut by spring-fed rivers. It's also laced with endless miles of appealing two-lane blacktop—and, best of all, it's quirky. One minute you'll see a vista of bluebonnets and the next a sign advertising Emu Oil, Next Exit or Cowboys for Christ Silent Auction.
The Hill Country begins just north of Austin, continues south to San Antonio, and sweeps west some 200 miles (322 kilometers) before the land begins to flatten out. Follow a route linking state and U.S. secondary highways, which lead to a series of colorful towns fit for dawdling.
These attractions form a loop starting in San Antonio and taking in Bandera, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, Enchanted Rock, Johnson City, and New Braunfels, before returning to San Antonio.
From San Antonio, follow Highway 16 northwest to Bandera, which considers itself the hell-raising Cowboy Capital of the World. Here you can order a chicken-fried steak bigger than your haid and dance to live country music. But nowadays you're apt to see travelers' SUVs parked in front of Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar saloon alongside the usual beat-up pickup trucks. The Frontier Times Museum in Bandera (510 13th St.; tel. 1 830 796 3864; frontiermuseum.org) has a bewildering collection of prehistoric arrowheads, mounted animals, bells, and a shrunken human head no bigger than an orange. Duck into the gift shop, which stocks those must-have rubber tomahawks. Also in Bandera is the Old Spanish Trail Restaurant (305 Main St.; tel. 1 830 796 3836), famous for its home-cooked pot roast, catfish platter, and chicken-fried steak.
Next stop is Kerrville, which you can reach by looping around on Highway 16 or cutting straight to it on 173. Stop for a meal at Billy Gene's Restaurant (1489 Junction Hwy.; tel. 1 830 895 7377; billygenesrestaurant), known for its chicken-fried steak and its views of the Guadalupe River. Then check in at the Inn of the Hills (1001 Junction Hwy.; tel. 1 830 895 5000; innofthehills.com), with such amenities as live country music and an Olympic-size pool. Next door is a family sports center with a 16-lane bowling alley, so pack your finest bowling shirts.
Among the first non-natives to settle the area were German immigrants who'd purchased millions of acres sight unseen. Old-timers still refer to the German Hill Country, where the mother tongue was commonly spoken until the 1970s. One town that clings to its German heritage is Fredericksburg. Besides its more than 300 B&Bs, it has a Main Street lined with galleries, boutiques, bistros, and specialty shops with names like Der Küchen Laden.
Follow the oompah music to the Ausländer Biergarten (323 E. Main St.; tel. 1 830 997 7714) featuring German cuisine and an astounding selection of beers. Order a frosty mug of Paulaner Salvator and feast on kasseler rippchen—smoked pork chops—with hot German potato salad, sauerkraut, and a slice of Black Forest chocolate cake for dessert.
Fredericksburg native son Chester Nimitz served as commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. Honoring his memory are the Admiral Nimitz Museum and the National Museum of the Pacific War (340 E. Main St.; tel. 1 830 997 4379; nimitz-museum.org), displaying over a thousand artifacts, including a Japanese midget submarine captured during the Pearl Harbor attack.
Detour 18 miles (29 kilometers) north of Fredericksburg to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, whose centerpiece is a 425-foot (130-meter)-tall dome-shaped mountain of pink granite about a billion years old. Hike to the top, then overnight in pleasant campgrounds at the base (tel. 1 830 685 3636; tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/enchanted_rock).
A few miles away in Johnson City, the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Visitor Center (Ave. G and Ladybird Ln.; 1 830 868 7128; nps.gov/lyjo) offers a self-paced stroll past video monitors with footage of the War on Poverty, Vietnam, and other events of Johnson's life. Most surprising is a retirement photo of him with long hair, looking a little like Timothy Leary without the beads.
Cap off your drive with an inner tube trip down the Comal or Guadalupe Rivers, both of which run through New Braunfels, making it a haven for paddlers and floaters. On either stream, the warm sunshine filtering through the oaks and cypresses overhead creates a soothing strobe effect as you glide downstream. Just kick back, shift your mind into neutral, and go with the flow. That's the best way to see the Texas Hill Country.
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Battle of Bandera Pass
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The Battle of Bandera Pass in 1841 marked the turning point of the Texas-Indian wars.Though they would continue another 34 years, the tide began to turn at Bandera Pass.Some sources show 1843 as the year of this event.
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Texas Travelin': Sarah Spivey visits Bandera
In this week's Texas Travelin', Meteorologist Sarah Spivey headed up Highway 16 to Bandera and spent a lot of time outdoors and even got a history lesson.
Historic St Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bandera Texas
The history of the church from it's homepage:
Build in 1876 it was constructed of native limestone. Originally, the sacristy and rectory were located above the rear of the building, the church bell being hung in a small cupola placed on the roof of same area. In 1906 the steeple was completed. The baptistry and confessionals were added in later years, as was a larger bell, and in the 1940’s parish families donated stained glass windows. An all steel steeple with a stainless steel cross was erected in 1988. In her Centennial Year, 1976, the church was adorned with gothic lights, and she was given a complete interior makeover. Six additional stained glass windows were installed in 1990, and in 1996 the statues and Stations of the Cross were repainted, and the altars all re-marbleized. In 2000, the small room off of the sanctuary was transformed into a chapel for the purpose of Perpetual Adoration. Two additional stained glass windows were installed in the Adoration Chapel and two more in the Sacristy. In 2002, work began on the outside of the church. The limestone rock was cleaned and the old mortar between the limestone was chipped out and replaced. This work was completed at the beginning of 2003.
NALRSA Top 12 Shooters Bandera, TX May 6, 2017
Here are the top 12 shooters in the North American Long Range Shooters Association (NALRSA) Bandera, TX May 6, 2017 competition.
Visiting the Abandoned Bandera Tunnel
The Bandera Mine consists of over 12 MILES of underground workings (63,000ft). The mine was the largest in its district. The mine was first accessed via a vertical shaft further up from the Bandera Tunnel site.
Once the tunnel was completed, it became the main haulage tunnel for the mine and was 2 miles long.
The tunnel is now gated, culverted and collapsed shut. We did not visit the shaft, but it is likely inaccessible or extremely dangerous.
Twin Lights Museum Highlights American Flags Throughout Hist
The Twin Lights museum in Highlands has an ongoing exhibit called Seeing Stars that outlines changes to the American flag throughout U.S. history.
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Bandera City Park / Spring of 2012
Decided to drive through the City park two days after the monster flood that finally broke the curse of the worst drought in Texas history.
LBJ Ranch National Historical Park | A Driving Tour To The Texas White House In The Rain
In Oct of 2018 I traveled south the the Texas Hill Country town of Johnson City TX. I paid a visit to the LBJ Ranch National Historical Park! Driving to Johnson City TX in the rain is not a whole lot of fun but touring the LBJ ranch was a pleasant experence.
I made a snap decision to visit the LBJ Ranch National Historical Park in the rain! “The Texas White House” is a very well preserved historical monument to president Lyndon Bane Johnson and his family. It is a working Texas Hill Country Ranch so one must be on the look out for livestock on the roads! LBJ Ranch National Historical Park is mostly a driving tour with several miles of ranch roads leading to the main house exhibit when you can tour Airforce 1 see a garage full of cars and even walk through the house. Come along with me as I visit LBJ Ranch National Historical Park!
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Full Time RV Living | Texas Hill Country & Cowboy Capital of the World | S2 EP010
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In this video, we take a tour of the Texas hill country northwest of San Antonio, TX.
Big ranches and cool small towns are all over the Texas hill country and we found them to be a lot of fun!
From Bandera, the cowboy capital of the world, Vanderpool, Leaky and Kerrville, they all had their own individual charm and history!
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The First Annual Mayhem On The Medina In Bandera, TX
This video is a short glimpse into the first ever Annual Mayhem on the Medina! It was a weekend and crowds were really enjoying themselves. We look forward to having this event again!
A little about the event:
The National Reenactment Guild of America chose Bandera as a National Competition location for a 2014 Reenactment event! That means that every cowboy gunfighter, outfitters, living history buff, campsite competitor as well as best actress and best actor in the Nation involved with historic reenactment came into Bandera to be judged, but more importantly entertain! It all happened in Bandera City Park and the Bandera Business Association hosted this event.
Join us next year for Mayhem On the Medina! Scheduling will be around the same time next year. A Friday, Saturday and Sunday around the second week in April 2015. Bandera City Park on the banks of the Medina River. This family fun event will include competitions, arts and craft vendors, music, historic campsites and educational displays, old fashioned children's games and much more!
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