Concan is a small

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Uvalde County. It sits along the

Frio River The Frio River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The word ''frío'' is Spanish for ''cold'', a clear reference to the spring-fed coolness of the river. Geography The Frio River has three primary tributaries; the East, West, and Dry Frio Ri ...

close to

Garner State Park Garner State Park is a state park in the community of Concan, Texas located in Uvalde County, Texas, Uvalde County, Texas in the United States. Garner State Park, in the Texas Hill Country, is the most popular state park in Texas for overnight ca ...

and is a popular destination for summer vacationers. It is known for excellent

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in the spring. A Roy Bechtol-designed 18-hole golf course called Concan Country Club or the Golf Club at Concan is open to the public. The area is dominated by large cattle, sheep and goat ranches some of which date back to when German emigrants settled this area. Several outfitters in the area haul swimmers and tubers up the Frio River to designated drop-off points, then pick them up downstream. Neal's Dining Hall in Concan is featured in a 2012 episode of the syndicated

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Texas Country Reporter ''Texas Country Reporter'' is a weekly syndicated television program, hosted and produced by Bob Phillips and Kelli Phillips, which airs in all twenty-two Texas media markets, generally on weekends, and nationally on the satellite/cable channel ...

'' hosted by

Bob Phillips Robert Leon Phillips, known as Bob Phillips (born June 23, 1951), is an American television journalist best known for his long-running program ''Texas Country Reporter''. In 2005, Phillips was inducted into the Silver Circle of the Lone Star Ch ...

. The name "Concan" may have originated from the card game

Conquian Conquian, Coon Can or Colonel (the two-handed version) is a rummy-style card game. David Parlett describes it as an ancestor to all modern rummy games, and a kind of proto- gin rummy. Before the appearance of gin rummy, it was described as "an exc ...

.John Leffler, "CONCAN, TX," Handbook of Texas Onlin

Published by the

Texas State Historical Association The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is a non-profit educational organization, dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, on March 2, 1897. , TSHA moved their offices from Austin to the University of N ...

References

External links

Concan.com website with info, links and photos of Concan and the Frio River

Texas Hill Country River Region
Unincorporated communities in Uvalde County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{UvaldeCountyTX-geo-stub