March 25/2018 Weather 85, low 62.
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| At the Y.O. Ranch Road entrance |
When you are in downtown Kerrville you will see the Schreiner name everywhere. University. Mansion. Bank. Y.O. Ranch. Mercantile General Store. Captain Charles Schreiner immigrated from Alsace-Lorraine in 1852. Well isn't that interesting; he was an Alsatian. Never heard of that part of the world till this winter. Alsace is in the eastern border of France adjacent to Germany and Switzerland. Funny. We have friends staying in Castroville which is an hour south of here and it is an old Texas Alsatian community....
With Captain Schreiner we could not get the connection of the ranch/cattle brand. What did the Y.O. stand for??? The Y.O. brand was first used on the Texas gulf coast in the 1840’s
by Youngs O. Coleman of the Fulton Family Ranching Empire near Rockport.
The brand changed hands and made its way to hill country near
Kerrville.
In 1880, The “Captain” purchased the Y.O. Ranch, its brand, and its
cattle from Taylor and Clements with profits he made by driving more
than 300,000 head of Texas longhorns “up the trail” to Dodge City.
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| Historical Monument to Captain Schreiner |
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| Exquisite Yucca |
What started in 1880 as 27,000 acres emerged 20 years later to almost 600,000 acres by 1900. Five generations have split and divided the land since then. Today the headquarters have been sold off away from the 132 years of legendary family land ownership and leave 5,784 acres. We pulled into the road and gated ranch to see how far down we could ride. The Y.O. Ranch Road shows on the county map as a thorough fare but it only goes so far and is fenced and gated with a lockout code. Currently the ranch is known for exotics. You can make a reservation to tour the exotic animals, stay and hunt, overnight in the lodge, go horse back riding and much more. Well maybe another day we might get in for a tour or horseback riding. Keep that on the list of things to do in Hill Country.
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