Hwy 39 , Hunt, TX 78024(Kerr County)

IMPROVEMENTS: Set in a unique location under gorgeous trees, the original home site offers views and access to the Guadalupe River, with shallow rapids flowing into deep areas for swimming and boating, as well as relaxing and enjoying never ending tranquility and privacy. The main home is a rustic, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath home with fireplace and screened in porch to enjoy the cooling breezes of the river. Under the shaded canopy next to the main house are two guest houses, each with 2 bedrooms 1 baths. There is an outdoor cooking terrace for year-a-round use. There is also a foremans house on the west side of the ranch with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, fireplace and a screened porch, plus there is a guest room studio apartment with kitchen and bath. Scattered about the ranch are several old barns for equipment storage.

WATER: The ranch has over 5,000 feet of crystal clear, Guadalupe River frontage, with 2,700 feet of both sides of this special body of water. There are springs throughout the ranch providing small creeks in the draws. There are 2 major spring boxes, one that provides water to the main house and foremans house. The main house, box spring gravity flows into a 500-gallon storage tank, and then a booster pump pushes water to the main house. White Oak Spring and Cherry Creek are located on the western tract and are tributaries to the Guadalupe River, which has its source in Kerr County. On the 255 acres across from headquarters, water is provided by Mary Meade Water System. This current system waters one water trough and has a monthly fee of $27.78. No water wells are present.

VEGETATION-TERRAIN: The ranch offers spectacular views with rolling to gentle landscapes, incorporating large native trees such as Live Oak, Spanish Oak, Shinnery Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Hackberry, and Black Walnut trees plus Juniper and Mesquite trees. Grasses common in the area are Buffalo Grass, Wild Rye, Switch Grass, Hairy Gramma, Side Oats Gramma, and Bluestem Grasses. Growing season is approximately 216 days.

ELEVATIONS: Elevation ranges from 1,850 feet to 2186 feet asl.

WILDLIFE: Native game species including white-tailed deer and wild turkey. Feral hogs and exotic species are common in the area which include Axis deer, Sika deer, Fallow deer, Blackbuck Antelope, and Aoudad sheep.

TAXES: $4,833.66 Source: KCAD

*Edelstein Ranch History, Kerr County, Texas*

Morris Edelstein left Kalvariya, Lithuania, and arrived on Ellis Island May 20, 1906. He then traveled south to Eagle Pass, Texas where he met relatives. Morris worked as a peddler selling blankets, bedspreads and dry goods from his horse and buggy between Eagle Pass and San Antonio. After having heard there was opportunity, he traveled to Brownsville, Texas. In 1913, he rented a small space on Elizabeth Street and Edelsteins Better Furniture was born and thrived until 2008.

Morris met his bride Yetta, who was from Padajace, Austria, while she was visiting her brother in Brownsville. They were married January 11, 1916, and would go on to have six children.

Morris and Yetta fell in love with the Texas Hill Country on their first visit to the area. The property on the South Fork of the Guadalupe River, 8 miles north of Hunt, Texas, was bought on May 14, 1927. It was a place family and friends would gather for relaxing, swimming and hunting. The original house was built by Yettas brother. For many years there was no indoor plumbing, and water was brought up from the spring for washing and cooking. Ice blocks would be delivered for refrigeration.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Yetta would pack two trucks with six children, goats and chickens and head to Hunt for the summer. This was a two day drive from Brownsville with an overnight stop in Boerne. Morris stayed back in Brownsville to work.

Morris and Yetta retired to Hunting in 1946. In 1967, Morris passed away and Yetta continued to live at the ranch 5 more years before returning to Brownsville.

90+ years 4 generations later, the Edelstein Ranch is still being used for the same reason Morris and Yetta did, the love of the Texas Hill Country.