Local site for politics, peddlers' shows, whittling, cockfights, fisticuffs. Named for Bond's Drug Store, located here since 1881, and sheltering in bad weather people who usually sunned in alley. Early neighbors varied from a Chinese laundry to an auto assembly shop. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1969
Bond's Alley
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Bond's Alley is a historical marker in Hillsboro, Hill County, dedicated in 1969. It is one of 104 historical markers documented in Hill County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.0106, -97.1309 near Hillsboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Farmers National Bank (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Rock Saloon, Pioneer Bank Building, and Site of Old Lexington Village.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5217000449. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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