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Bandera.(Central Texas & Hill Country)
If a romantic getaway translates to horseback riding, hiking, river sports and scooting your boots across the dance floor, then pack up and head out to Bandera, which has wooden storefronts, saddle-making shops, a blacksmith and some saloons.
FUN FACT ABOUT BANDERA
* If you're looking for the "real thing" in cowboy clothes, from spurs to saddles and horse blankets, you'll find it in Bandera stores.
Activities & Attractions
A ranching center, Bandera was the site of early cattle drives, but ranchers soon learned that city slickers not only liked the scenic area but also would pay money to bunk down at the spread and play like a cowboy. Thus, "dude" ranches were born. Now they're called guest ranches, and about a dozen are located in the hills and along the creeks of Bandera County. Most operate year-round, though summer is their busiest season. Some are actual working spreads--with comfortable lodging and often such dude-pleasing amenities as swimming pools--others are more like resorts, which augment the cowboy experience with golfing and other leisurely pursuits.
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- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) January 14, 2007 700+ words
...Karen Brooks Jan. 14--BANDERA, Texas -- This picturesque Hill Country town is beloved for its...about the Hall of Fame and Bandera. Mr. Keen often plays Hill Country venues, but he hasn't played Bandera in years. He may not even...
- Bandera.(Central Texas)
- Texas Adventure Guide Young, Kimberly January 1, 1999 700+ words
...is the beautiful Hill Country that makes for a...hayrides. Head out of Bandera in any direction...Sources Call the Bandera County Convention...tourtexas.com/bandera. * Adventures on Foot The Hill Country State Natural Area...
- Home on the range Taste the cowboy lifestyle of Bandera, Texas.(Going Places)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Miller, George Oxford December 7, 2003 700+ words
...Unlike the traditional dude ranches around Bandera, the Hill Country Equestrian Lodge doesn't have nightly...of Texas," this is where they mean. Bandera, in the heart of the picturesque Hill Country, bills itself as the "Cowboy Capital...
- Cowboy Capital: greenhorns come to ride and relax in Bandera, Texas.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Travel America Mink, Randy Mink, Karen September 1, 2002 700+ words
...cattle drives of yesteryear, Bandera is still a genuine Western...way. In this part of Texas Hill Country, about 40 miles northwest...national rodeo champions who call Bandera home. Also reflecting its...River, which runs through Bandera County and the town of Bandera...
- Bandera County, Texas, Residents, Officials Fear Loss of Area's Beauty.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 13, 2002 700+ words
...in $1.10 for every dollar they take. Bandera County's population has jumped by 67 percent...work and shop in San Antonio rather than Bandera. With more Hill Country growth on the way, Bandera officials will use the study to lobby the...
- Wealthy people from around country snap up Texas Hill Country ranches.
- Newspaper article from: San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX) October 2, 2004 700+ words
...ranches in Bandera, Blanco...and other Hill Country counties have...Comfort, Bandera and Blanco...splendor of the Hill Country landscape...recently listed a Bandera ranch with...multimillion-dollar Hill Country ranches under...
- Bandera, Texas, Real Estate Broker Takes Wing to Sell Ranches.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 1, 2003 700+ words
...1--Darting above the Hill Country in his Robinson R44 Raven...water/sky, is based in a Hill Country paradise. Five miles north of Bandera, visitors cross a low concrete...shows properties from the Hill Country to the Davis Mountains...
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- Romantic Weekends: Texas Abbott, Mary Lu January 1, 2003 700+ words
...wildlife, the Hill Country has attractive...cowboy outpost of Bandera to the artists...into the "in" Hill Country destination, with...Throughout the Hill Country, stay alert for...austintexas.org. * Bandera County Convention...