This 2,215 acre ranch is located in Edwards County and has one of the strongest live water creeks in Texas. The ranch has approximately 1.3 miles of Cedar Creek, a strong year round constantly flowing creek that runs through the rich fertile bottom land along Cedar Creek. The ranch has huge native pecans, large live oaks and elm trees which decorate the expansive valleys on this exceptional ranch. The ranch was originally purchased by Erhart Guenther during the early 1900’s. He bought land from settlers that populated the area after the civil war era and put this ranch together a piece at a time. This 2,215 acre, more or less, portion of the historic Cedar Creek Ranch is offered for sale for the first time in a century. The ranch has numerous locations where Indian mounds are found and there are caves that obviously had Indians living and working in them that are located on the ranch.
Early Texas pioneers settled this valley in the late 1,800’s and many stories are chronicled about there lives and struggles in this beautiful frontier country. Huge oak trees are scattered throughout the valley and there are large areas with virgin cedar stands which add to the scenic views from mountain tops that populate the ranch. This ranch is truly a rare find and is only 2 1/2 hours from San Antonio, Texas with county road access and the ranch is only 1 1/2 miles from a paved state highway. The fencing is considered to be from good to poor condition over the ranch. There is no fencing along the county road. The ranch has 1 water well. The water well is located near the old barn next to the county road and is equipped with a submersible pump. The ground water depth is reported to be about 350 feet deep to quality well water. There are also creek water diversion and pumping rights associated with Cedar Creek that will convey in a specific portion of the ranch.
The wildlife is abundant including whitetail deer, axis, aoudad sheep, turkey, dove and varmints. The hunting is excellent and photo opportunities are everywhere. The ranch is offered with some minerals. There will be a survey completed soon and it will be available to qualified buyers. The county road runs along the entire south boundary of the ranch. The county road is approximately 3.4 miles across the southern boundary of this 2,215 acres, more or less. Contact the Hill Country real estate agent for more information and go take a look.