Image
Date
May 1, 1945
Description
Photograph of the Wagon Wheel Ranch entrance with gate and stone wall.
Subject
Physical Form
Extent
6 x 8 cm.
Identifier
SC_100-SMDR-Undated-034_005
Rights
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Source
Special Collections and Archives - San Marcos Daily Record Photographic Negatives
Note
Information provided by users of original Flickr collection: Jeptha and Josephine Emma (Leath) Henson purchased one hundred thirty acres from her father, William Atwood Leath in September of 1883.The land was located on the northeast bank of the Blanco River (across RR12 from present day Sonora Bank). A working cattle enterprise, the Wagon Wheel Ranch was home to the Henson family for the next forty-four years where cattle was raised and crops were grown. The Henson children attended Wimberley School by walking across a footbridge spanning the Blanco River to the village of Wimberley. Jeptha Henson was elected deputy constable of Precinct 3 in 1882 and served in that capacity for the next thirty years. With the death of his wife in 1924, Jephta Henson sold seventy of the one hundred thirty acres of the family ranch to Charles and Sophie Wendlandt in August of 1927. This part of the ranch acquired several owners over time but today retains its natural state. The remaining sixty acres of the Wagon Wheel Ranch changed hands several times until May of 1945 when Harold and Mriam Johnson purchased the land and operated the Wagon Wheel Guest Ranch for the next seventeen years. The popular ranch with its adjacent river access welcomed visitors from across central Texas. In late 1962, Harold and Miram subdivided the guest ranch into fifty small ranchettes for future home ownership. Today, families enjoy the beauty of the surrounding hills and adjacent Blanco River in the subdivision known as Paradise Valley. Source(s): Ancestory.com and Hays County Land Deeds.