Bandera Pass levation is a mountain pass in

Bandera County, Texas Bandera County (Spanish: "flag", ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in the Hill Country and its county seat is Bandera. As of the 2020 census, the population is 20,851. Bandera County is part of the San Antonio-New Bra ...

, in the

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. On the divide between watersheds of the

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and

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Rivers, it is located on State Highway 173 northwest of the town of Bandera. The

Battle of Bandera Pass 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.J. Marvin Hunter. ''Pio ...

, a part of the Texas-Indian wars, took place at the pass in 1843. (Others say this battle was in 1841.) Nearby

Bandera Creek Bandera Creek is a stream in Bandera County, Texas, in the United States. It rises in Bandera Pass, 2½ miles south of Camp Verde in northeastern Bandera County (at 29°51' N, 99°06' W), and flows south for thirteen miles to its mouth on the Medina ...

was named after Bandera Pass.

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