Colonel Black Ranch House
Eldorado, Schleicher County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Headquarters - Ranch House Camilla Black Ranch, Schleicher County, Texas. Built by Col. Wm. L. Black - 1884. Heavy lumber from first hospital building in Fort McKavett. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1963.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Colonel William L. Black built this ranch headquarters in 1884 as the seat of the Camilla Black Ranch in Schleicher County. Its heavy lumber was salvaged from the first hospital building at old Fort McKavett, tying the house to the earlier frontier military presence in the region. It was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1963.
Why it matters
It embodies the great ranching enterprises that organized the West Texas frontier in the decades after the Civil War.
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