Adopted Budget FY 2012-2013 - Kerr County

In 1869, Schreiner and August Faltin, a merchant from Germany, started a mercantile store.
From the mercantile store the Charles Schreiner Company expanded into the wool & mohair
business and also a bank.
In the late 1870’s Charles Schreiner built a home that reflected his position in Kerrville. It was
built using expert German masons for the decorative stonework. The home is located on Earl
Garret Street and is now the Hill Country Museum.
In 1880, using the profits from his store, Captain Schreiner decided to invest in land and
livestock. He purchased a ranch, which would later be known as the Y.O. Ranch. Along with
purchasing the ranch he also purchased the Y.O. brand that was being used on the ranch.
With that brand Schreiner wouldn’t have to re-brand all of the cattle on the ranch. Ever since
that time the Y.O. Ranch has been synonymous with the Schreiner family. In 1900, at the
peak of Schreiner’s ranching career, he owned 600,000 acres on which he raised cattle and
goats. Schreiner would make Kerrville the wool and mohair capital for many years.
At the turn of the century, Kerrville needed a new bank, one with new technology, including a
new safe. For the first year a bank was in operation, the bank employees stored the money
under a loose floorboard in the bank until they got a safe. The Chas. Schreiner Bank was
located across the street from the store.
Captain Schreiner was highly involved in his community, donating money to schools, churches,
road improvements and public endeavors. One of his many gifts to the Hill Country was his
donation of 140 acres and $200,000 to build a military school. He approached the
Presbyterian Church in 1914 and proposed his idea to establish the “Charles Schreiner
Institute for Boys” and in 1917 after much negotiating the church began building the school. In
1923, the first students arrived and the school has grown and evolved over the years. In 1971
the military school was discontinued and Schreiner Institute became Schreiner College, a twoyear
junior college and in 1984 the school became a four-year liberal arts college. In 2001, it
was renamed Schreiner University.
On February 9, 1927, Captain Schreiner passed away. At his death Schreiner held many
positions in Kerr County. His legacy continues through his unending generosity.
Texas Ranger Cemetery: Historical Information
Located in the Texas Hill Country, on Texas Highway 27 between Kerrville and Comfort, is the
small community of Center Point.
At the edge of town, going toward Camp Verde (Hwy. 480), is the town’s cemetery. It is the
final resting place of more than 30 former Texas Rangers. There is no other known cemetery
that contains that many Texas Rangers. All of the rangers buried there served in the late
1800’s and many of them were early settlers in Kerr County. A Texas Historical marker marks
the entrance to the cemetery, which was dedicated during the Texas Sesquicentennial in 1986.
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