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History
in a San Saba Pecan Shell A
timeline of significant San Saba events:
1855: ranchers and cotton
growers first settled the banks of the San
Saba River, from which the settlement took its name.
1856: The
county is organized and San Saba became the county seat.
1857: The
post office opens and the first county courthouse is built.
1873: The
San Saba County News, said to be “ the first newspaper in West Texas” was
published.
1900: The population drop below 900.
1911: The
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway came through San Saba in 1911 – and the
boost to the economy allowed them to build a new courthouse.
1925: The population reaches 2,000
The Great Depression: San
Saba weathered the 30s with minimal loss of population.
1938: San Saba
is flooded with a third of the city underwater and many families were displaced.
1940s: The town is incorporated and the population rises to 2,900 people.
1950s: The terrible drought of the early 50s affected San Saba and much
of Texas. The population drops.
1980s:
Population is 2,336 from an all-time high of 3,400. |
San
Saba Landmarks & Attractions |
| | Beveridge
Bridge
One of two suspension bridges, in the state of Texas, that
are still used by cars and trucks. |
San
Saba County Historical Museum:
In 100-year-old log cabins
In Mill
Pond Park – five blocks east of the courthouse.
Open April to September or
by appointment.
The
San Saba Mother Pecan:
One of the “Famous Trees of Texas” the San Saba
Mother Pecan has given the world more varieties of Pecans (through grafting) than
any other individual tree. The tree is 9 miles NE of the town near the confluence
of the Colorado and San Saba rivers, but is on private property.
San
Saba River
Risien
Park
Mill
Pond Park
Both are just east of the town. Mill pond is a small spring-fed lake and Risien
is on the San Saba River. Mill Pond park has hookups for 12 RVs.
Colorado
Bend State Park:
Colorado
Bend State Park by Chandra Moira Beal
At Bend,
Texas on the Colorado River
13 miles from San Saba via FM 560.
Colorado
Bend: It Is What It Is by Clay Coppedge
"..Colorado Bend is
pure Hill Country: stands of live oak and juniper, thick with wildflowers in the
spring, whitetail deer all year long and, every spring, the white bass moving
up the Colorado River to spawn..." |
1936
Centennial Marker
On US 190 E
San
Saba County
Formed
from Bexar County; created February 1, 1856; organized May 3, 1856. The river
traversing the region, the mission erected near by in 1757, and later the county
and county seat were given the name of an early saint, whose name in Spanish is
Saba. |
The
San Saba Chamber of Commerce:
915-372-5141
Website: www.sansabatexas.com
San Saba Texas
Forum
Subject:
San Saba
I recently saw someone ask what was in San Saba that his distant
relative would have gone there for. If Im not mistaken, it was in San Saba, I
saw, a few blocks from town, the old railroad tracks, and there was the most beautiful
abandoned hotel right next to the tracks, and across the street the most beautiful
marble fronted deserted bank building. Truely romantic and enchanting. I dont
know what it is about Texas, but what a place!!!!! - John Dean, July 24, 2006Co
Wisdom of Brady, Texas
I came across quotations by “Co Wisdom” of Brady
in your website under the towns of Fredonia
and Voca along with a photograph of a drug store
as it appeared in the late 19th century. Hopefully you can forward my e-mail to
the person submitting those quotations. According to an article in the book “Indian
Depredation in Texas” by J.W. Wilbarger, published in 1889, my great grandfather
Captain John Roch (Roach) of Comanche was attacked and wounded by Indians in 1866
on a trip from San Saba to Comanche.
According to the article he had gone to San Saba to lay in supplies for the coming
winter. What was in San Saba to cause it to be a source of food and provisions
in the 1860’s? What was the San Saba mill? Do you have other photos of buildings
in are around San Saba dated in the 19th Century? Thanks. L. Marshall Roch
, September 25, 2005 |
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"Wallis
Street looking West." in the 1920s
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
%7Etxpstcrd/ |
"Wallis Street
looking East from Commerce Street" in 1889
Postcard
courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
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Photo Courtesy Michael Hattrick, Poulsbo, Washington | |
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