I am very familiar with the Jim Bowie story near Menard and how the held off an "impossible" onslaught of Comanches.........however, there is a similar story near Silver Mine Pass close to Concan.......
Silver Mine Pass
Concan
Uvalde County, Texas
29 30.028' N 99 43.334' W
Directions: Start at the intersection of SH-83 and SH-127 in Concan. Located on SH-83 100 yards south of intersection on east side of the SH-83 in a pull-out.
Text: Named for silver mine opened near pass by Spaniards in 1700s or earlier. Ore was inferior, and mine was abandoned; but 14 shafts (some interconnecting) remain. Near the mine are remnants of a fortification made by 30 men under the leadership of James Bowie, later (1836) a hero of the siege to the Alamo. In 1831, while at work at this mine, Bowie's men repulsed a Comanche attack in a fierce, all-day battle. Hero of the fight was Bowie's slave, "Black Jim Bowie," who risked his life by leaving the fortification to bring water to the besieged.
See photo in original gallery.
keywords: texas historical marker uvalde county historical marker silver mine pass........................well as a boy our Deer lease was on this land where it took place (owned by Dolphin Briscoe).......anyway one day my father and I found the old Spanish mind shafts and the University of Texas Archeological students had a place marked for the Bowie "fortification", only it made no sense as it was on the side of a hill and they would have easily been attacked from above......so we explored the hill above and near the crest we found a "fortification" of piled rocks which WE believe was the real location of the fight......wish I had a metal detector back then!!! Anyway.....,all this talk brought back a fond memory from my childhood!!
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