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Marker Text: ​Farmers and ranchers settled along the north and south forks of the Guadalupe River in the late 1850, forming the Japonica and Pebble communities. In 1912, Altus and Lizzie Joy bought land at the confluence and named the central settlement that developed there in honor of Robert Hunt, the prior landowner. Altus Joy established a post office in 1913, and an independent school district formed in the 1930s. By the 1930s, the area began attracting artists, including the acclaimed E.M. Schiwetz. During the next decades, Hunt became a center for summer camps, exotic game ranches, and religious and corporate retreat facilities, but retained its identity as a small, rural community. (2006) 

Marker No: 13037

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.070047, -99.332970

Location: Intersection of SH-39 and La Junta Road, Hunt