Bantex Preservation

05/22/2026

1923 Bandera Theater (then located in the Wright Building) showing a movie partially filmed on the Montague Ranch

05/21/2026

Joleta Guest Ranch Pool
Bandera, Texas

05/20/2026

Blacksmith Shop
Photo from 1926 Bandera New Era

05/20/2026

05/19/2026

Sunday morning Mansfield Park
Bandera, Texas

05/18/2026

Boyle Bro's Store
Bandera, Texas

05/18/2026

Photo of an unknown gentleman from what is left of a very of photo album linked to the Risinger family in a local collection that I was lucky enough to photograph last year.

05/17/2026

The Duffy Hotel - also known as the Riverside Inn.

Edit:
The hotel was built by A. Savery in the late 1800’s. It was later acquired by H.C. Duffy and was later passed to his daughter, Miss Laura Duffy. At various times is was known as the Bandera Hotel, Riverside Inn and the Duffy Hotel.

I don't have a 100 percent date on what year the hotel was built. It is said that Mr. Duffy acquired the building "not long after he arrived in Bandera" and opened a hotel.

The building is noted as being built not long after August Klappenbach built the first store building and Post Office in Bandera, which was later part of the George Hay residence (now known as the Bandera County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Visitor Center).

It was torn down in 1945

05/16/2026

The Cabaret - Bandera, Texas

05/15/2026

View inside of Lee Risinger's store in Bandera. Would love to know where this old photo is today and have a copy of the original. This photo appeared in a 1955 issue of Dude Wrangler magazine. From a local collection