Many hunters come to Junction, Texas for its excellent hunting. The town is also a popular retirement community because of its charm and atmosphere.

Junction TX History

To encourage settlement of the new frontier in the 1820's and 1840's, the Republic of Texas granted large portions of land to prospective impresarios. Among the more notable grants was one comprising some 3,000,000 acres of land between the Llano and Colorado Rivers. The grant became known as the Fisher and Miller Colony. In 1851, the Fisher & Miller Colony sold a section of land at the junction of the North and South Llano Rivers, where the town of Junction was settled.

Few areas of Texas had more Indian troubles than the hill country and history is full of many fatal raids in and around Junction in the heart of the area. During the Civil War, ranchers from Burnet and other counties brought livestock to the area for grazing. Indian depredations forced them back to their home territory, and years later they collected damages from the Federal Government for losses sustained in Comanche and Kiowa Indian raids. The Frontier Battalion of Rangers drove most of the Indians from the region in the 1870’s and the last white men killed by Indians in the county were Isaac Kountz and Sam Speer on December 24, 1876.

Junction Texas – Hunting Center and Tourist Area

Junction, Texas is now the hunting center for one of the state's leading deer-hunting counties. The town is also a popular tourist and retirement area in the Hill Country.