Historical Marker
Hix Ranch House
Historical marker location:
Peaceful Valley Dr., Bandera vicinity, Texas
( From Bandera, take FM 3240 about 8 miles northwest to Ranch entrance, south side of road, just before junction with FM 2828.)
Marker installed: 1965
Built for Fabian L. Hicks, a county official and Texas Ranger who styled it after his family home in North Carolina. Building is stone and cypress wood off ranch. Hardware came by ox wagon from San Antonio. This replaced log cabin family occupied in 1855.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.