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San
Saba was settled by Anglos in 1839. The city is bordered on the north
and east by the Colorado River, and the San Saba River bisects it.
San Saba County has more than 500 miles of running streams, more than
any other county in Texas. Brine Springs supported the C.S.A. Salt
Works on the Colorado River. Brine Springs was used as an infirmary
and health resort, and increased operations during the Civil War for
the men, cavalry horses and mule teams. To pump the brine from the
springs a horse operated a lift that filled troughs on a forty-five-foot
high scaffold. Cedar boughs placed in the troughs concentrated the
brine, which filtered into iron kettles and boiled a bushel of salt
out of fifty bushels of brine.
Pecan trees abound and San
Saba is famous for this crop.
San Saba River, page 2: Mill Pond Park
San Saba River, page 3: Risien Park |
San
Saba Chamber of Commerce
County
Courthouse, San
Saba, Texas 78677
(915) 372-5141
Text and photos courtesy of Chandra Moira Beal & La Luna Publishing
Copyright Chandra Moira Beal, 1999 |
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