The property now known as Plum Creek was formerly known as the Mountain City Ranch. The ranch property was assembled by San Antonio’s Richard Van Wyck Negley and his wife early in the 1900s and was used for grazing goats and cattle, cotton production, and recreation. Negley’s wife, Laura Burleson Negley, was the great-granddaughter of General Edward Burleson, the second vice president of the Republic of Texas, and the man who helped found the cities of Austin and San Marcos. He also introduced the bill in 1848 to establish Hays County, in which Kyle is located. General Burleson’s son, Edward Jr., was married to Emma Kyle, daughter of Fergus Kyle, the man who founded the small central Texas town of Kyle in 1880.

The heritage of the family in Hays County and central Texas is matched by the progressive role they have played in making it a better place for generations past, present, and future.  The original farm house is still located in the Plum Creek Square office park at Witte and FM 2770.