In 1993, after much deliberation and planning, the Hunt Garden Club originated the design for a sign to welcome visitors to Hunt and earned the money for the purchase through generous donations and fundraising projects including a handmade quilt raffle.  Hand hewn and stripped cedar posts were donated.  The Club received permission to place the sign on the property near the branching of the North and South Fork of the Guadalupe river at Hunt on the river side of the road.

Garden Club member, Norma Jean Bond, went with her husband, Bruce, to a woodcrafting shop in Bandera and discussed the sign’s design.  By April, 1994, production and installation began.  Installation and stonework was completed, and the sign was dedicated on Saturday August 27, 1994 with a program that included community participation.

In September, 1996 the original sign was stolen.  All that remained was the rockbase.  There were no leads to the theft.  Citizens of Hunt and the Hunt Garden Club sponsored a community breakfast in January, 1997 to help raise money to replace the “Welcome” sign.  A new sign was raised with the aid and generosity of the community.

The sign’s disappearance remained a mystery until 2003, when a young man from Florida came by Hunt and sought contact with the Hunt Garden Club.  He confessed to being a part of a group of fraternity club members who took the sign as a prank.  Wishing to make some restitution for the loss of the sign, he sent money from his paycheck to the Garden Club for use toward community projects.

Today, the sign has new landscaping and still provides a beautiful and sincere “Welcome” to the visitors who come to our community.