Heading West on Highway 90: Border Break

From old-fashioned to offbeat, eye-catching signs are a Hondo hallmakr. This one features ”Leroy” and advertises Hondo Taxidermy, a few miles east of town.
Castroville is on US 90, about 25 mi. west of San Antonio. Write to the Castroville Area Chamber of Commerce, Box 572, 78009; 830/538-3142 or 800/778-6775; www.castroville.com. Haby's Alsatian Bakery is at 207 US 90 East; 830/931-2118.

Hondo is about 15 mi. farther west. Write to the Hondo Area Chamber of Commerce, 1802 Ave. M, 78861; 830/426-3037; www.hondotex.com. Hondo Catfish Lake and Hondo Taxidermy are a few miles east of Hondo on US 90; 830/741-5845. Graff's Real Estate, Cattle Company, & Antiques is at 1116 18th St.; 830/426-2341. The Medina County Museum, visible from US 90, is on the west side of Hondo; call the chamber.

D'Hanis is a few miles west of Hondo. Watch for the sign in Old D'Hanis to St. Dominic's Church. The Koch Hotel B&B faces the highway in D'Hanis; 830/363-7500 or 877/248-4096; www.kochhotel.com. The J&M Country Mart is in downtown D'Hanis; 830/363-7286.

Sabinal is 11 mi. west of D'Hanis. Write to the Sabinal Chamber of Commerce, Box 55, 78881; 830/988-2010. Red Wagon Antiques is at 201 E. Fisher St. (US 90 West); 830/988-2527. The Sabinal Wild Hog Festival and Craft Fair takes place in Mar.; call the chamber.

Uvalde is another 22 miles farther. Write to the Uvalde CVB, 300 E. Main St., 78801; 830/278-4115 or 800/588-2533; www.uvaldecvb.org. The Market Square Antiques mall is at 301 N. West St.; 830/278-1294 or 877/407-6898. The Uvalde Grand Opera House is at 100 W. North St. (the Briscoe Visitor Center is on the ground floor); call the CVB. The Garner Memorial Museum and Vice Presidential Library is at 333 N. Park St.; 830/278-5018.

Fort Clark and Brackettville are 40 miles west of Uvalde. Write to the Kinney Co. Chamber of Commerce, Box 386, Brackettville 78832 (830/563-2493; www.brackettville.com), or to the Fort Clark Springs Assn., Box 345, Brackettville 78832 (830/563-2495 or 800/937-1590; www.fortclark.com).

Del Rio is about 30 miles west of Brackettville. Write to the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce, 1915 Ave. F, 78840; 800/889-8149; www.drchamber.com. The Villa Del Rio B&B is at 123 Hudson Dr.; 830/768-1100 or 800/995-1887; www.villadelrio.com. The Whitehead Memorial Museum is at 1308 S. Main St.; 830/774-7568. For information on Laguna Diablo Resort, write to HCR1, Box 4RC, Del Rio 78840; 830/774-2422 or 866/227-7082; www.lagunadiablo.com.

Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site is about 45 miles northwest of Del Rio on US 90. Write to Box 820, Comstock 78837; 915/292-4464; www.tpwd.state.tx.us.

Books Look in your local library or bookstore for a revised edition of Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves by Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford (Univ. of Texas Press, 2002), as well as Val Verde County by Douglas Lee Braudaway and the Val Verde County Historical Commission (Arcadia Publishing, 1999).

See the full article in the May 2002 issue.

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