he settlers who first came to the Harper area in the 1860s were drawn by rolling Hill Country grasslands well-suited for raising cattle. Hunting and ranching still anchor the unincorporated community in Gillespie County, although visitors are likely to spot exotic game like blackbuck antelope and nilgai along with white-tailed deer, goats, cattle, and horses. After graduating from Harper High School in 1979, Rose Ellen Jackson married
