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,s8 Pioneer History of Bandera Countty
EARLY DAYS IN OLD BANDERA.
Judge C. W. Harris, of Medina, is one of the old
timers of Bandera county, is Justice of the Peace of
Medina Precinct, owns a nice home and a valuable
body of land there. He kindly furnished me with
the following:
"My grandfather, Charles Jack, came to Bandera
in 1857 and bought the A. Ebner Survey, about five
miles north of Bandera. on the Bandera and Center
Point road. the place still being known as the Jack
Rancll. He improved the place as rapidly as possible,
putting 200 acres in cultivation and working the same
with slave labor up to about the close of the Civil
War. I-e left Texas in 1866, and died in St. Louis,
Mo., in August, 1867. I wish to here mention a feat
performed by him which is known by the people living
in Bandera at the time. In 1858, or 1859, he threw
his saddle on a bay mustang pony. at his home near
Bandera, and rode him through to his old home near
Genesis, Illinois, unaccompanied by any one except a
chance stranger here and there along the trail for a
few miles. I remember when he arrived at his home,
and I rode that pony many times. His name was
Jim, and he lived many years after that long journey.
My grandfather returned to Texas after a short time,
and we did not see him again until 1866, the war having
cut off all communication between the two sections
of our country.
"I left my home in Chicago in October, 1871,
reaching Bandera in November; 1871. I came by rail
to New Orleans, crossing the Mississippi on the ferry
to Alexandria; thence by rail to Brashen City, now
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Hunter, J. Marvin. Pioneer history of Bandera County : seventy-five years of intrepid history, book, 1922; Bandera, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27720/m1/48/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.