In prehistoric times Dinosaurs roamed this part of Texas.  There are some good quality dinosaur tracks in the limestone just across the road and down the creek.  We thought we found dinosaur bones in the creek just below blind 6.  The bones were so convincing a geologist named Dr. Karl Baughl came out to examine them.  To our disappointment it was just ooze that was created as the limestone cooled thousands of years ago.  That's how that part of the creek is known as Dinosaur Gulch.

About 200 years ago the Barron Ranch was Comanche Territory.  If you look you will find remnants of their past.  Holes ground in stone and numerous arrowheads can be found on Crows Nest Creek.  After a good rain arrowheads have been found on top of the ground all over the ranch. 

In the 1800's the Barron Ranch was part of the Burleson Land Grant.  This part was acquired by the father of JT Mackin who my grandfather C.L. Barron purchased it from in the 1940's. 

C.L. Barron raised cotton, wheat, sugar cane, corn, cattle, sheep, and chickens on this place until his death in 1983.

I moved out here and took care of the place for about a year.  I talked my Dad Curtis L. Barron into retiring early from Rockwell International in 1984 I left to pursue other interests. 

My parents raised wheat, cotton, and sheep until placing the land in the CRP program in late 1980's.  My dad painted the Texas Flag on the barn in 1996 making it a local landmark.  In 1998 of my cousins entered a photograph of the barn in the Tom Green County Fair and won first place.  This photo appeared in the Texas Highways magazine in 1998.

My Mom Elizabeth L. Barron and dad lived  here until his death in 2001.  I own a computer business Computer Barron Services, Inc. that I can operate from anywhere so I decided we would all move back here in April of 2002. 

This is a great place to live, raise a family, and of course hunt.  We are proud to share this wonderful piece of earth that god gave us.  We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Mark A. Barron