Details for Old Buck Ranch
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5019003694
Data
| Marker Number | 3694 |
| Atlas Number | 5019003694 |
| Marker Title | Old Buck Ranch |
| Index Entry | Buck Ranch, Old |
| Address | Whartons Dock Rd. |
| City | Bandera vicinity |
| County | Bandera |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 495371 |
| UTM Northing | 3285586 |
| Subject Codes | ranches/ranching |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | Off Whartons Dock Rd. on private property. Marker dot approximate. |
| Private Property | Yes |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text | Settled 1867 by former New Yorker, Judge Edward M. Ross, who had fought in Mexican war, then served in 1850's at Camp Verde, Army's camel post near Bandera. House is hand-cut native stone. Daughter Kate Ross, wife of Ebenezer Buck, of a prominent pioneer family, inherited ranch in 1901. Offering fine foods and hospitality, the Bucks in 1920 established this as Bandera's first guest ranch, continuing it until their deaths in 1941. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966 |