This marker is located next to George Wilkins Kendall grave.
Kendall County
Created January 10, 1862
Organized February 16, 1862
Named in honor of
George Wilkins Kendall 1800-1867
Poet, Journalist, Author
and Farmer
One of the Founders of
The New Orleans Picayune
Member of the
Santa Fe Expedition
Most successful sheep raiser
in the Southwest
Boerne, county seat
George Wilkins Kendall started raising French Merino sheep in 1850 along the Nueces River. By 1855 he had moved his herd to a 4000 acres ranch at Post Springs near Boerne. He continued to improve and increase his herd and “in 1858 sheared nine thousand pounds of wool.” The breed name was later changed to Rambouillet because they were developed on an estate near the village of Rambouillet, France. This estate was owned by King Louis XVI. My family raised this breed until 2008. At that time, we switched from Rambouillet wool sheep to Dorper hair sheep. Dorpers originated in South Africa.
To read more about George Wilkins Kendall go to the Texas Handbook Online http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke19.
George Wilkins Kendall was one of thirty-three inhabitants who purchased burial plots in the Boerne Cemetery in 1867.
Gard, Wayne, Rawhide Texas. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965.
(Boerne, Kendall County, Texas). George Wilkins Kendall marker; personally read 2011.
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