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Medicine showman and frontier fashion plate Dr. J. I. Lighthall, aka The Diamond King, died
of smallpox in San Antonio, days after his 30th birthday, in 1886. His business card is
exhibited in Frontier Times Museum. In a 1953 issue of Frontier Times magazine, J. Marvin
Hunter wrote that people still remembered how “San Antonio was electrified” by this “strange
individual” and his compelling performances on Military Plaza. “All our kind were prima donnas,”
wrote fellow med showman Nevada Ned, “and Lighthall most of all.”
Writer Gene Fowler will present a slide show and talk on this fascinated frontier character. The museum is partnering with the Bandera American Legion Hall to bring Mr. Fowler to Bandera. The program is free and open to all.
Wine and refreshments will be served.
of smallpox in San Antonio, days after his 30th birthday, in 1886. His business card is
exhibited in Frontier Times Museum. In a 1953 issue of Frontier Times magazine, J. Marvin
Hunter wrote that people still remembered how “San Antonio was electrified” by this “strange
individual” and his compelling performances on Military Plaza. “All our kind were prima donnas,”
wrote fellow med showman Nevada Ned, “and Lighthall most of all.”
Writer Gene Fowler will present a slide show and talk on this fascinated frontier character. The museum is partnering with the Bandera American Legion Hall to bring Mr. Fowler to Bandera. The program is free and open to all.
Wine and refreshments will be served.
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This is where we are located,one block north of Bandera County Court House Bandera, Texas 78003. For detailed driving directions, please visit our contact page.
510 13th Street
Bandera, Texas Mailing address: PO Box 1918 Bandera, Texas 78003 830-796-3864 email: information@frontiertimesmuseum.org 
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