New Gonzales Lazy Dude Ranch - Gonzales

Where the oaks of Central Texas meet the Mesquite of South Texas, this 2,500 acre (1,000 hectare) ranch is one of the most beautiful and historic "smaller" working cattle ranches in Texas. Located in Gonzales County, where the first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired with the famous "Come and Take It" cannon, it has been in Lieutenant Colonel Clay Allen's family for six generations since 1854. 144 years of continuous ownership by the same family makes it one of the oldest original ranches in this part of Texas.

The original log cabin and log barn, built around 1873, can be seen less than one mile from the main guest house. The infamous Texas outlaw of the late 1800's, John Wesley Hardin, had a home on this ranch and the foundation blocks can still be seen across the creek on one of the horse trails. One of the most practical, or you might say 'inventive,' killers in Texas, Lonnie Burnett, lived in an underground home nearby.

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