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Ten
or Twelve Things You should know about Hondo Originally
named Hondo City - the name of the post office (est. 1882) changed to Hondo
in 1895.The
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad
came through from San Antonio
in 1881.Hondo
became the county seat after an election in 1892 took the designation from Castroville.Nearly
the entire business section was built of Medina County D'Hanis
brick.
The Newton
Boys robbed one Hondo bank one night and while waiting for their ride - robbed
the other.
The Hondo Army Airfield with 600 buildings on 3,600 acres was built in
1942 in less than 90 days.The
courthouse clock tower was
removed in a 1942 remodeling.This
remodeling also gave the courthouse
indoor plumbing. |
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Hondo
Chronicles Hondo
by Mike Cox
Hondo, a word made famous by Louis L'Amour.
Hondo's
Sign Spans the Decades -
Four post cards of the Hondo Welcome signs
Bat
Bombs Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
In WW
II, the Navy took over a bat cave near Hondo and eventually strapped small
bombs to the little creatures and dropped them on Tokyo.
Hondo Tourist Information
Hondo Chamber of Commerce - 830-426-3037 |
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Hondo old jail detail
circa 1893
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| The
former Hondo depot
TE photo, May 2001 |
| The
Raye Theater in Hondo
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