Ewald Otto Koepp started Koepp Chevrolet 100 years ago at the age of 23. The son of a German immigrant and farmer, he began the business as a repair facility and tire store with a single gas pump. Soon he started selling Model T’s and Essex as an associate dealer for a dealership in Floresville. He became an official Chevrolet dealer himself in the late 1920s. His son, Ewald Koepp, Jr., took over the business in the 1960s, and Dwight Koepp, his grandson, after him in the 1990s.

This past July, Koepp Chevrolet was presented with the Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Treasures Business Award by local Representative Ryan Guillen. Alongside Representative Guillen, attendees included representatives from TADA (including Darren Whitehurst), Chevrolet, GMF; the county commissioner, county judge; and the local Chamber of Commerce as well as the local news stations.