Marker Inscription
A Bandera County Deputy Sheriff, Capt. Jack Phillips, set out alone on Dec. 29, 1876, on an official visit to Sabinal Canyon. Indians attacked him at Seco Canyon Pass, 22 miles southwest of Bandera. Phillips raced for the nearest settlement. When his horse was shot from under him, he ran for half a mile before being killed. A mail carrier and a couple on their way to the county seat to be married found his body later that day. Ironically, the Indians had been trailed for many miles by Texas Rangers who had turned back in exhaustion just before Phillips was waylaid. (1970, 1975)
About this site
Phillips, Captain Jack is a historical marker in Bandera, Bandera County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Bandera County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 56 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7282, -99.0723 near Bandera. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mormon Settlers in Bandera Cournty (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Texas Ranger Trail, Frontier Times Museum, and Langford, B.F., Jr. and Mary Hay House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5019000718. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
