Opinion: The historic ranch's long-shuttered farmhouse, the abandoned equipment, overgrown pastures and orchards create a spooky vibe.
Restrooms:Visitors are currently allowed to walk right up to the farmhouse, a white building that “was said to be the first two-story rock house built on a Texas ranch,”to the San Antonio Conservation Society. Nearby, visitors can also see a small shack labeled “scale house,” along with metal gates and corrals once used for livestock.
I started at a point downhill from the farmhouse, where pipes emerge from underground and lead to an empty concrete basin drained by a couple concrete ditches. Nearby stood a wooden building, half leaning over, surrounded with an orange barrier. Inside, I could see an old, white stove and the remnants of bedding left on the floor.
It felt like a strange coincidence to be standing there on the exact date of this flood, 77 years later. The downpour killed four people and was known as the most severe flood in the city’s history at the time, surpassing the prior record flood of 1921. I later foundthat said that the flooding was mainly concentrated on the West Side Creeks.
Though San Antonio has experienced many severe deluges since the flood of 1946, lack of water appears to have taken a greater toll on the pecan orchard since their planting a century ago. Only a few dead or struggling pecans remained, their bare branches reaching far above the mesquites and other small trees that have sprouted around them. On the north side of the Acequia Trail near one of the two trailheads, I found a couple girthy pecans that still looked healthy.
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