A Proposed Rail Line Threatened to Disrupt a Hill Country Town. Locals Pushed Back.

Couples who tie the knot at Wagon Springs Ranch, outside Burnet, have no shortage of creative photo opportunities. They can embrace by the crumbling stone walls of the nineteenth-century wagon stop that’s the property’s namesake. They can pose with bison raised by the venue’s owner, Carl Chambers. In the rustic reception hall, they can heat miniature branding irons—Chambers had a full alphabet made—and together sear their initials into a wooden wall dotted with conjoined letters. Some of the best photos are taken at the outdoor chapel, on a hilltop overlooking hayfields that turn golden in the late-afternoon light.Chambers, who is 41, grew up outside Houston and took annual hunting trips with his family to this part of the Hill Country. He and his wife, Heather,…

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