LLANO WAS FOUNDED IN 1855 ON THE BANKS OF THE CLEAR SPRING-FED
LLANO RIVER AND BECAME THE COUNTY SEAT IN 1856. WELL ESTABLISHED
BY 1860 WITH STORES, SALOONS, AND A HOTEL BUT THERE WAS NO CHURCH IN
THE ROUGH FRONTIER VILLAGE. LLANO WAS THE LAST TRAIN STOP FOR
SETTLERS HEADING WEST FROM LLANO WHERE THEY FACED HOSTILE INDIAN
TERRITORY AND THE ROUGH WEST TEXAS TERRAIN.
LLANO IS RICH WITH HISTORY OF INDIAN CONFLICTS, RAIDS, AND FAMOUS
OUTLAWS. OLD RAILROAD HOTELS DOTTED THE BORDER OF THE RAILYARD AND
ONE OF THOSE, THE DABBS HOTEL, IS STILL IN OPERATION TODAY.
THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC
DISTRICT, AND A COMPREHENSIVE WALKING TOUR IS A MUST FOR THE SHORT
OR LONG TERM VISITOR. INCLUDED IN SITES THAT ARE A MUST VISIT FOR
ANYONE SPENDING TIME IN LLANO ARE THE RED TOP JAIL, THE LANTEX
THEATER, THE LLANO COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM, THE RAILYARD
DISTRICT, THE RECENTLY RESTORED LLANO COUNTY COURTHOUSE, THE
INKS BRIDGE AND THE BEAUTIFUL CITY PARKS THAT WIND ALONG THE BANKS
OF THE PRISTINE LLANO RIVER.
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