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Nestled in the heart of the Texas Hill Country amongst the Highland Lakes and near the town of Marble Falls, Double Horn Ranch boasts massive cliffs plunging into Lake Travis, fields full of colorful wildflowers, an expansive orchard of peaches and pears, a modest vineyard, scenic vistas of the surrounding landscape, abundant native wildlife, a large fishing lake, and natural springs that bubble up from the deep to form the green and indigo pools of Double Horn Creek.

Double Horn Ranch includes a home built in 1871 with a functioning water well inside, the Struve House, which is still in use as guest lodging.  In the 1970's the house was designated as a Texas Historical Landmark and received a plaque alongside a party.

Double Horn Ranch is a working cattle ranch to this day.  Double Horn's brand, the ƎB, was a (wise) nod to the first names of the wives of the two cattle partners, William Ernest Pielop and Fritz Bruns: Elma and Bernice.

The ranch was acquired by the late William Ernest Pielop and his wife the late Elma Beinhorn Pielop in 1964 and is still run by their family today – primarily their two children, William Ernest Pielop, Jr. and Missy Pielop Anderson.  The extended family includes four grandchildren, their wives and husbands, and 7 great grandchildren.

A party marking the 50th anniversary of ownership was held in March of 2015, and a cornerstone was laid in the larger house with the inscription "Double Horn Ranch 1964-2014" with two Kennedy silver half dollars from the respective years imbedded in the stone.

Double Horn has recently seen a transformation of sorts, with three new structures rising from the ground from 2013 to 2015: two smaller "casitas" and a larger 4 bedroom house with room for 24 at the one-piece, wooden, "two-chandelier" dining room table.  Big THANKS go out to Fernando Martinez and Kelly Steele of  Shoberg Homes, David Shiflet of Shiflet Group Architects and Brandon Dady of Land Restoration TX.  None of it could have been done without those fellas' steering into the skid.

Count yourself lucky if you've heard of this place and even luckier if you've seen it with your own eyes.