ABOUT  US:
The Watterson Ranch is a 6th generation, family owned and operated working cattle ranch located in Bastrop County, the heart of Central Texas. Rich in beauty, character and local history, the Watterson Ranch was once a way station stop for the stagecoach traveling from Austin to Port Arthur, Texas.  A proud recipient of the prestigious 100 year Heritage Plaque from the State of Texas, the Watterson Ranch has been in the same family for over 130 years. 

Under the current management of Scott Miller, cattle ranching continues to be the main focus of operations, which can be quite a daunting task in today's unstable market, when modern standards and the economy prove unfriendly to the farming and ranching industry.  However, as our ancestors did in their journey to make a place in this world, we remain committed in our efforts to preserve the proud history and legacy of the Watterson Ranch for generations to come.  We feel very blessed to be able to do what we do for a living.  This is more than just a job to us, this is our lifestyle and heritage.

Scott and Trina Miller live and work on the Watterson Ranch with their 3 children, daughters, Callie Nathalie (13) and Cate Lane (6) and son Samuel Watterson Miller (2).   

THE HISTORY BEHIND WATTERSON, TX:
WATTERSON is located in southern Bastrop County about nine miles south of the town of Bastrop, on an old road between Bastrop and Red Rock. Named for pioneer Charles Coffin Watterson, who with his wife, Martha, settled in the area about 1852 and began farming and stock raising.  Samuel and Caroline Wolfenbarger were also among the community's early settlers, most of whom depended on farming and stock raising for a living.

A post office with the name Live Oaks was established in 1878 with Charles Coffin Watterson as postmaster.  In 1891 the town was renamed in his honor. In 1896 the community had a population of 100, a Methodist Church, a gristmill and gin and general store.  Students attended the Lentz Branch and Hilbig schools, which combined to form the Watterson School House in 1900.  The post office closed in 1904, and the Watterson School House was consolidated with the eight Live Oaks schools in 1927.

In the 1930s Watterson still had a community club and Methodist Church. By 1962 many of the large farms had been broken up, but Watterson remained a farming community made up in large part of descendants of the early settlers. Though no population figures appear for it in any twentieth-century Texas Almanac, in the mid-1980s Watterson continued to be listed as a community in Cities and Towns of Texas and to appear on county highway maps.

**The above history of Watterson, Texas was taken from The Handbook of Texas Online.**

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bill Moore, Bastrop County, 1691-1900 (Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1977).
 D. L. Vest, Watterson Folk of Bastrop County (Waco: Texian Press, 1963).
 D. L. Vest, Watterson, A Texas Rural Community (M.A. thesis, St. Mary's University, 1946).