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A History of the Pedernales Falls Area, 1850–1970 Contents Illustrations................................................................................................................vii Introduction.................................................................................................................1 Early Settlement in the Pedernales Falls Area.........................................................2 New Settlers in “The Land of 1,000 Springs”: Farmers and Ranchers in the Pedernales Falls Area, 1870–1885......................5 “Starved Out”: The Decline of the Pedernales Falls Community, 1885–1900........................ 18 Tough and Gritty: J.B. Wenmohs and the Development of the Wenmohs Ranch, 1900–1937......................................... 22 Oil Money and Anglers: The Wheatleys and the Circle Bar Ranch, 1937–1970.................................... 27 Endnotes.................................................................................................................... 46 Bibliography.............................................................................................................. 57 Maps: Pedernales Falls State Park and the Surrounding Area..........................................x Land Grants in Pedernales Falls State Park.............................................................7 Historic Areas in Pedernales Falls State Park....................................................... 14 v
Farmers, Ranchers, the Land and the Falls Pedernales Falls State Park is here because of C.A. and Harriett Wheatley’s desire to assure that their beloved ranch would enhance the lives of future generations, as it had done for their own lives. There is something about the human mind and spirit that needs places like this, where tranquility and peace pervade, to help us all escape and rejuvenate—if only for a brief time. As the American naturalist and essayist John Burroughs wrote, “I come here to find myself, it is so easy to get lost in the world.” Bill McDaniel Park Superintendent, 1990 to present vi
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