The El Capote Ranch House

The Spanish Land Grant became a part of the El Capote Ranch in 1897 and the Ranch House was built on the North side of the Guadalupe River. Founder of the original El Capote Ranch is Jose De La Baume in 1806, he received 27,000 acres on the South side of the Guadalupe River. In 1840 Michael Erskine acquired the property. In the 1870's part of the original El Capote Ranch was deeded to Edith Kermit Carow, the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt. At the Battle of San Juan Hill (1898) Roosevelt rode an El Capote Ranch horse named "Seguin". In 1897 the ranch was acquired by Judge Leroy Gilbert Denman, a Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, and he also purchased additional property on the North side of the Guadalupe including, now known as, Olde Town Texas. At one time the El Capote Ranch totaled around 50,000 acres and most is still owned by Denman Descendants.