Mormon Settlers in Bandera County
N 29° 43.596 W 099° 04.383
14R E 492935 N 3288493
Several Mormon settlements were located in and around the City of Bandera. In fact, the Mormons were instrumental in the formal formation of Bandera County.
Waymark Code: WMP72P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2015
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A group of Mormons lead by Lyman Wight broke away from a colony established by Brigham Young and moved 250 of Wight's faithful to Bandera, Texas. There were three settlements fashioned within Bandera County, one of which was located where the Medina Dam and Medina Lake is now located. The Mormons populated the area of Bandera County such that they influenced the State of Texas to formalize the County of Bandera.
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Marker Number: 3474
Marker Text:
Entered the year-old town of Bandera in March, 1854. Leader was Lyman Wight, church elder who had separated from followers of Brigham Young and taken a colony of 250 to Texas in 1846.
Settling first in Austin, then Fredericksburg (where they opened grist and saw mills) the group at last established "Mormon Camp" near Bandera on the Medina River.
There they built houses with vegetable gardens in between; milled grain; made furniture from native wood to sell in East. In 1858, after Wight's death, the colony dispersed, although a remnant remained in Bandera. (1967)
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