Copper Spur Ranch
in Goliad, Texas
If you like snakes then you will love the Copper Spur Ranch in Goliad, Tx. I lived there and owned it for about nine years. I was told by the man who first owned the property that where the beautiful house was built was on a mound full of rattlesnakes. Yes, folks would come to the Copper Spur Ranch to harvest rattlesnakes for round ups. My neighbor told me rattlesnakes were always coming into his house and in his yard. Another neighbor has so many rattlesnakes around his house he will not let his little girl play outside without a watchful eye. Some snakes have bitten his dogs and cattle and they died.
I remember "twice" stepping out the front courtyard area where a pretty fountain was. I was barefoot both times and almost stepped on a rattlesnake on two different times. I came within inches of being bitten. I remember hearing the noise of a rattler and then God saved me both times from being bitten. That place is a haven for snakes. I remember the Blue Indigo snakes that lived in the backyard in the BBQ pit area. They were pretty, but pretty scary snakes. I remember my son standing by the swimming pool in the backyard with his legs apart and seeing a cottonmouth poisonous snake slither through his legs on the way to the swimming pool. Our cattle were bitten by snakes too.
Another menacing thing about the big house is the plumbing is so screwed up and can not be fixed. If you take a shower you will be blasted with cold water and then hot water. The plumbing in the kitchen is a joke. It was always backing up. This is all caused by the crumby way they plumbed the house.
Just thought I would warn anyone about the problems with snakes at the ranch and the very bad plumbing in the big house.
Look for a Godly place somewhere else where there are no snakes. I think the Boerne area is a better place to live. I haven't seen any snakes there and I can feel the spirit of God in the hill country of Texas.
