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Missouri native George L. Leigh, who died in 1901, moved to Kerr County in 1878 for health reasons. He opened a mercantile establishment in Center Point, 3.5 miles south, with James Sellers and later served one term as County Tax Assessor. In 1883 he purchased a 640-acre tract here and, with the help of his brother Edward, enlarged the site to include over three thousand acres. Here Leigh ran a dairy and raised racing horses. From 1936 to 1943 the land was used as a guest ranch. Named for the ancestral home in England, Stoneleigh Ranch remained in the Leigh family until 1960.
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