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plate collodion image courtesy Gary Castillo, June 2016 |
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The
old D’Hanis Cemetery and the ruins of St.
Dominic Church are worthy of a stop for anyone traveling US 90.
They are just east of the high school, a quarter of a mile south of
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Bandera’s
First Sheriff born in Bohemia - killed by Indians in Texas
Photo by John Troesser, May 2004 |
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Noteworthy headstones are the First Sheriff of Bandera
County (Born in Bohemia, served in the Mexican War and killed
by Indians) and the first person interred – a girl who died of fever
after carrying her brothers and sisters across a stream.
The townspeople stopped using the cemetery in 1893 due to a Diphtheria
epidemic, but the old-world artistic inscriptions and the wrought-iron
markers make the Old D’Hanis Cemetery one of the most interesting
in Texas. |
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The
ruins showing the Old D'Hanis Cemetery and the northern wall of St.
Dominic Church
Photo by John Troesser, May 2004 |
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plate collodion image courtesy Gary Castillo, June 2016 |
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A
tombstone fragment
Photo courtesy Vitaly Altoiz |
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A tombstone showing
the stone cutter's meticulous skill
Photo courtesy Vitaly Altoiz |
Another tombstone
detail
Photo courtesy Vitaly Altoiz |
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Another
tombstone in Old D’Hanis
TE Photo May 2004 |
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A
photo of this ghostly angel was once used for a cover on a Texas cemeteries
book
Photo by John Troesser, May 2004 |
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in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing Texas,
asks that anyone wishing to share their local history and vintage/historic
photos, please contact
us.
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