Fence Company in Sisterdale, TX for Cattle, Horse and Game Fence

Ranch Work North of Boerne on FM 1376

A valley that argued in Latin. Sisterdale was founded in 1847 by Nicolaus Zink, a German freethinker who had surveyed New Braunfels. Over the next two years he was joined by educated refugees from the failed 1848 revolutions in Europe, and Sisterdale became one of the Hill Country's "Latin Settlements," named for settlers who read and debated in Latin. It grew from the same freethinker roots as Comfort, its neighbor to the west. After the Civil War it settled into a quiet valley of farmers, and it's still farm and ranch country, with rock never far under the grass.

There's no city permit office here like Boerne's. Sisterdale is unincorporated Kendall County, whose own permit list covers access, addressing, development, floodplain, septic and outdoor lighting. We check what applies to your land, and any deed restrictions, before a new line goes in along FM 1376.

Long Runs Over Stony Uplands

Sisterdale ranch land is mostly stony upland, with limestone close under the surface. A wire fence is only as good as its corners and braces, so we set those first, drilled into rock and set in concrete, then stretch the wire between them.

For cattle and horses we build pipe, pipe and cable, welded wire and barbed wire, depending on the stock and your budget. For game we build 8 ft high fence. At the entry we hang a ranch gate wide enough for trucks and trailers, and we can add an operator if you want it automatic.

Ranch Fencing in the Sisterdale Valley

Sisterdale has stayed a farming and ranching community in the valley of Sister Creek, north of Boerne where FM 1376 meets RM 473. The Sisterdale Valley Historic District was listed on the National Register in 1975.

Texas Parks and Wildlife counts the Hill Country's deer population as the largest in the state, and ranch owners in the valley feel it in grazing and game management. That's why so much of our work on this land is 8 ft high fence to keep deer in or out, with gates that close tight to the ground, alongside cattle and horse fence.

The uplands are Eckrant-type ground: only 4 to 20 inches of stony clay over fractured limestone. There isn't enough soil to dig a deep hole, so we drill corners and braces into the rock, set them in concrete, then stretch the wire. A brace that shifts in the rock lets the wire go slack, and deer find the gap or slip under a gate that doesn't close tight. The same goes for a ranch gate at the road: its hinge post, often heavy steel pipe, is drilled and set in concrete so the gate doesn't sag.

Landmarks and streets we work near: Sisterdale Valley Historic District · Sister Creek