C. E. Shepherd Company is a Houston, Texas based manufacturing company founded in 1957 by Charles E. Shepherd. In the early days, Shepherd manufactured navigation buoys giving rise our to our slogan, "Wise Birds Settle on Shepherd Products. Since then we've grown and diversified (and changed our look a few times) but with the Shepherd family at the helm, we've never lost our focus on the high quality of our products or our commitment to providing first-rate service. This is a brief decade-by-decade accounting our history and a glimpse into our future.