CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[TXBikerGuy]

As soon as this month's topic was announced, I knew I'd need to make the 90 mile roundtrip ride to Decatur, TX for these pics. This is the Waggoner Mansion, otherwise called "El Castille". It was built in 1883 for $50,000 and was the headquarters of the original Waggoner Ranch operation, before being traded in 1906 for a larger ranch to the northwest. That 2nd ranch went on to become the largest ranch under one fence in the US.

Everything about this place today is a mystery. Nobody seems to know who owns it and it looks both semi-maintained yet completely abandoned. Naturally, some say it's haunted. One thing is for sure, it has an overabundance of signs saying "keep out" or "private", which around these parts we take seriously given the options available for enforcing them.




http://www.wisehistory.com/waggoner_mansion.html