Growing Up in Bandera

As Bandera kids in the late 50’s the area between Main Street and the River Loop often referred to as Polander Town back in the day was our entire world it seemed. We pretty much had freedom to roam without any of the worries of our modern day world. I couldn’t imagine anyone wanting to kidnap any of the crew that I ran with in those times. There wasn’t any big money connected to any of us that could have paid a ransom. I laugh to myself thinking my folks might have been happy to get a little relief from having six mouths to feed. Even as a skinny kid I had a big appetite so I would have been returned pretty quickly by the kidnappers.