| The first attempt at Anglo settlement in the area of the present Kerr County occurred
in 1846 when Joshua D. Brown led a group of ten men to the Guadalupe River and established a shingle-making camp
at the site of present Kerrville. They were soon driven off by Indians, only to return to the site, which they
named Brownsborough, in 1848. |
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Indian raids became increasingly troublesome in the early 1850s,
and in response the United States Army established a post at Camp Verde in southern Kerr County on July 8, 1855.
This post became the headquarters for the famed experiment with camels as transport, and promoted development in
the area as well as providing protection. Settlers faced the dangers of Indian attack for the next twenty years,
and the final raid took place in 1878.
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| On January 26, 1856, Kerr County was formed from Bexar Land District Number 2. Brownsborough
changed its name to Kerrville and became the county seat. In 1880 the Y O Ranch was founded by Charles Armand
Schreiner, a Kerrville merchant and civic leader. The Y O grew into an immense cattle, sheep, and goat ranch, which
at one time contained 600,000 acres. The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway built through Kerrville in 1887,
further stimulating the county economy. |
Cities and towns
Ingram
Kerrville
Center Point (unincorporated)
Hunt (unincorporated)
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Sep 2011: DIXON, MOORE,
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Dec 2009: PICKENS, WALL obit
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