On County Road 436 at Farm to Market Road 580, on the right when traveling east on County Road 436.
Beloved pioneer doctor in this area for 40 years. Served as pharmacist, general practitioner, obstretician, dentist & on occasion surgeon & nurse. Traveled horse back, two wheel cart, horse & buggy (Old Ross in picture). Crossed river by ferry boat, . . . — — Map (db m247774) HM
On County Road 436 at Farm to Market Road 580, on the right when traveling east on County Road 436.
What Are You Doing to Keep the Peace
Pvt. Eugene E. Tate,
U.S. Army Camp Bowie, Tx,
1890-1917
Pvt. D.W. Ragsdale,
Co. A, 9th Inf.,
1891-1918 Killed in France
Pvt. Walter A. Stafford,
U.S. Army Ft. Dix, N.J.,
1896-1918
Lt. . . . — — Map (db m247775) WM
On County Road 407 0.2 miles south of County Road 245, on the right when traveling south.
About 1858 the Abel Bowser family settled at a large bend in the Colorado River about 3 miles north of this site. The developing village, school and cemetery became known as Bowser Bend and by the late 1880s included a cotton gin and store. Due to . . . — — Map (db m238858) HM
On Ranch to Market Road 501 at County Road 424, on the left when traveling north on Road 501.
Chappel, established in the 1850s, is one of San Saba County's earliest settlements. The land for this cemetery is part of 16 1/2 acres donated by Joab B. Harrell (1814-1893) that he formally deeded in 1886 to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. . . . — — Map (db m247772) HM
On State Highway 16 near Momax Road, on the right when traveling north.
Opened 1895 by noted educator Francis Marion Behrns. A 3-story native blue marble main hall and frame dormitory were built by interested local citizens. Courses included mathematics, natural sciences, Latin, oratory, commercial subjects, . . . — — Map (db m155536) HM
On State Highway 71 at County Road 381, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 71.
On March 31, 1891, T.H. and Priscilla Thomas conveyed one and one half acres of this land to the trustees of the Union Band Missionary Baptist Church. Three days later, Steve and Helen Jennings' infant son was laid to rest here, the earliest marked . . . — — Map (db m238731) HM
On County Road 206 0.1 miles north of U.S. 190, on the left when traveling north.
A site once famous for its horses and racetrack. Riley Harkey (1832-1920) and Israel Harkey (1835-1914) were Indian scouts in Texas in 1850-53. In 1855 they led their parents, Mathias and Catherine Harkey, to move here from Arkansas with other adult . . . — — Map (db m238849) HM
On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 45) at Carter Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
In 1910, Richland Springs businessman John Burleson contracted with Enoch Archer to construct this building to house his banking business. In addition to the bank, the building housed other businesses, including retail shops and medical offices. . . . — — Map (db m238851) HM
On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 45) at Carter Street on Main Street.
John Burleson (1870-1933) founded the Burleson Bank in 1910 to expand his business interests and provide financial services to the community of Richland Springs. In 1913 Burleson reorganized his institution as the First State Bank; in 1919, W.H. . . . — — Map (db m238852) HM
On West Coyote Trail (State Highway 190) at Carter Street (Farm to Market Road 45), on the left when traveling west on West Coyote Trail.
A private, or settler's fort, built 1858. Cabins of 4 families (30 people) formed a stockade for defense against Indians.
Daily a hunting party would go out for meat; other men stood guard.
Residents went home to farm in spring, but through . . . — — Map (db m238850) HM
On County Route 137, on the right when traveling north.
After a series of tragic floods washed out earlier Colorado River crossings here, San Saba and Mills Counties jointly built this bridge, named for the Mills County community of Regency. The Austin Bridge Company of Dallas completed construction in . . . — — Map (db m212476) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2732 10 miles south of U.S. 190, on the left when traveling south.
Archibald Johnson (A.J.) Rose was born in 1830 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Shortly after his birth, the family left North Carolina in a covered wagon for Missouri. At the age of 18, Rose traveled to California during the Gold Rush and found . . . — — Map (db m263536) HM
On East Commerce Street at South Mill Street, on the left when traveling east on East Commerce Street.
Born in Pearl (Coryell Co.), Alma Ward graduated in Goldthwaite and attended college in Denton, earnings teaching certificate c. 1916. She married James L. Hamrick in 1919; the couple had two daughters. Alma taught in Eastland, McCulloch and San . . . — — Map (db m158102) HM
On East Brown Street at N Clear Street, on the right when traveling west on East Brown Street.
Upon returning home from service in World War I, San Saba veterans felt a need to organize socially. The only existing organization of veterans was the William P. Rogers Camp No. 322, United Confederate Veterans (UCV). The UCV camp welcomed the new . . . — — Map (db m299721) HM
In the late 19th century, San Saba lacked direct access to developing railroad lines needed to reach expanding markets. The Beveridge Bridge, a single-lane suspension bridge, was constructed in 1896 to fill this need. The bridge was named
For Irish . . . — — Map (db m120432) HM
On West Wallace Street (U.S. 190) east of South High Street, on the right when traveling east.
Constructed for T.A. Murray, this structure replaced the last of the wooden buildings on this block of Wallace Street. It has been home to many businesses over the years. The first was a Golden Rule Store followed by a furniture and hardware . . . — — Map (db m263541) HM
On South Live Oak Street at East Wallace Street, on the left when traveling north on South Live Oak Street.
Born to Hamilton and Mary (Pedigo) Neal in the Fairview community in Wilson County, Edgar T. Neal (1869-1946) was a famed San Saba lawman. Early in his adult life, he followed his father and cultivated a close connection with the Masonic fraternity. . . . — — Map (db m263544) HM
On East Wallace Street (U.S. 190) 0.1 miles east of Mill Street.
Cited by 42nd Texas Legislature and the public as a world leader in pecan industry. Spent lifetime upbreeding native San Saba pecans. Born in Dover, England. Came here in 1870s. Installed first San Saba water works. Some pecan varieties he . . . — — Map (db m238736) HM
On East Wallace Street (U.S. 190) 0.1 miles east of Mill Street.
Life and Work:
Risien was an English immigrant who arrived in San Saba in 1874. From 1880 to 1890, he and his family lived in a house that formerly stood in this immediate vicinity. He helped develop the San Saba community's first . . . — — Map (db m239001) HM
On South Cherokee Street 0.1 miles south of West Wallace Road (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling south.
Elijah Estep (1828-1901), San Saba County's second tax assessor-collector, was born in Sangamon County, Illinois. He married Abigail Montgomery (1826-1868) and the couple was living in the community of Cherokee when San Saba County was founded. . . . — — Map (db m158119) HM
On West Wallace Street (U.S. 190) at North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on West Wallace Street.
Prior to the establishment of the town of San Saba, a group of citizens formed a Baptist congregation which met in homes three miles east on Simpson Creek. Formed in 1856, the congregation was served by missionary preacher T. Howard (1817-1882). . . . — — Map (db m175293) HM
On West Brown Street at North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on West Brown Street.
Organized 1856 in area so wild that church gave missionary a $50 revolver, $125 horse.
On this site, first frame church, 1882. Present building, 1914-1917. San Saba Marble. Said to be only all-marble Methodist church in U.S. Recorded . . . — — Map (db m175290) HM
On East Wallace Street 0.1 miles east of Mill Street.
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Archival research indicates that the mortared cut stone wall fragments, sluices and foundations of other former structures seen down slope in the bed of Mill Creek are the remains of the community of San Saba's first waterworks. . . . — — Map (db m239004) HM
On South Thomas Stewart Drive at East Commerce Street, on the left when traveling south on South Thomas Stewart Drive.
Abraham (Abe) Lincoln Galloway, son of Lovina and Henry C. Galloway, early San Saba ranchers, was born March 3, 1901 in San Saba County. He died August 17, 1961 and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery.
Abe, well known for his skills with hogs, . . . — — Map (db m186716) HM
Near County Highway 132 0.4 miles north of U.S. 190.
This burial ground was apparently already in use in 1874 when A.J. and Ellen Crawford deeded it to trustees D.A. Harris, A.J. Wells, James Wayland, F. Brookerson and W.L. Adams as part of a five-acre site to be used for a school and place of . . . — — Map (db m175310) HM
On U.S. 190 1.4 miles east of County Road 120, on the left when traveling east.
Heights used from pre-settlement days to 1870s by Comanches and others to send messages over long distances. Smoke once rose from here (Five Mill Hill); Chapel Hill, 2 mi. south; and old community of Sloan in west San Saba County. Tribes wintered . . . — — Map (db m212083) HM
Near State Highway 16 0.1 miles East Lewis Street.
James “Jim” Louis Baker (1829-1903) and Eleanor “Ellen” Prather Austin Baker (1839-1909) married in Travis County on June 15, 1859. Jim’s family moved to Texas from Tennessee during the time of the Republic, and Ellen’s . . . — — Map (db m155533) HM
On County Highway 102 at East Wallace Street (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling west on County Highway 102.
After living for a time in Arkansas, John H. "Shorty" Brown (1817-1896), his wife Jane Ann, and some of their children came here. Brown helped found San Saba in 1854 and became a civic leader. Although San Saba County provided a graveyard, Brown . . . — — Map (db m175298) HM
On East Wallace Street (U.S. 190) 0.1 miles east of Mill Street.
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The slightly elevated spot under the giant oak tree is a burned rock midden (mound) feature dating to use of this area by prehistoric Native American people. The burned rock midden is thought to have formed as the prehistoric . . . — — Map (db m239038) HM
On East Wallace Street (U.S. 190) 0.1 miles Mill Street.
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Mill Creek is fed by a spring located to the south, and it flows through the existing Mill Pond Park into LCRA's San Saba River Nature Park. The creek empties into the San Saba River at the northeast end of the LCRA park. The . . . — — Map (db m239005) HM
On East Commerce Street at South Mill Street, on the left when traveling west on East Commerce Street.
Structure of great value to community in early days. Erected about 1875 by John H. ("Shorty") Brown (1817-96), one of founders of San Saba, in 1850s. This building housed machinery of gristmill (which ground corn meal, for bread) and a cotton gin. . . . — — Map (db m158088) HM
Near East Wallace Street (U.S. 190) 0.1 miles east of Mill Street.
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Native Americans occupied Texas for at least 13,000 years before the first settlers of Old World heritage arrived. The nonperishable remains left behind at the campsites and other activity areas of these Native Americans in San . . . — — Map (db m247777) HM
On East Wallace Street (U.S. 190) 0.1 miles east of Mill Street.
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Records left by Spanish explorers, missionaries and traders indicate that the Apache were moving into Texas, including the San Saba County area, from areas further northward in the late 1600s and early 1700s to hunt buffalo and escape . . . — — Map (db m247778) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2732 10 miles south of U.S. 190, on the left when traveling south.
A treaty of peace was agreed upon, March 1-2, 1847, between twenty Comanche chiefs and the German colonists represented by Otfried Hans, Freiherr von Meusebach (1812-1897), who became a citizen of Texas under the name of John O. Meusebach - This . . . — — Map (db m305374) HM
On East Wallace Street (U.S. 190) 0.1 miles east of Thomas Stewart Drive, on the right when traveling west.
On northeastern border of the Edwards Plateau, created from Bexar County, Feb. 1, and organized May 3, of 1856. Named for San Saba river. County seat of same name.
Area first explored in 1732 by Juan Antonio Bustillo y Zevallos. . . . — — Map (db m240817) HM
On State Highway 16 0.1 miles north of East Lewis Street, on the left when traveling north.
San Saba Cemetery, previously The Odd Fellows Cemetery, is located on 17 acres of land about 800 yards north of old town San Saba. On April 18, 1883 the San Saba chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) purchased 10 acres of this . . . — — Map (db m155532) HM
On West Wallace Street (U.S. 190) at South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west on West Wallace Street.
San Saba County was organized in 1856, and in 1860 the commissioners court issued a block of land to each religious body; the Christian Church was one of these. The congregation traded their land for another block upon which they built a small . . . — — Map (db m175292) HM
On West Wallace Street (U.S. 190) at South Live Oak Street, on the left when traveling east on West Wallace Street.
In 1856, the Texas Legislature created and organized San Saba County. A two-story frame courthouse (1857-1878) and later a stone courthouse (1878-1910) on this site served the county and provided space for public gatherings. In 1910, the City of . . . — — Map (db m158121) HM
On South Water Street at East Commerce Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Street.
County's oldest existing public building. Erected in 1884, the structure cost $13,000 and the lot $500. Jail was built of blue limestone in Italianate Texas style. A 12-foot high board fence (built after an 1886 jailbreak) has been replaced. . . . — — Map (db m158084) HM
On South Thomas Stewart Drive 0.1 miles south of West Wallace Street (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling south.
In Rememberence of Those Who Served in Our US Armed Forces 11 November 2003
President Modesto Jimenez
Vice President Bill White
2nd President Donald Harrell
3rd President Alonzo Calderon
Secretary/Treasurer Rhonda Harrell . . . — — Map (db m239727) WM
On U.S. 190 at County Highway 100, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 190.
The history of San Saba is closely tied with the story of Freemasonry in the area, as many of those who helped organize San Saba County were Masons. Local Freemasons were already gathering as a group when the first county courthouse was erected in . . . — — Map (db m175300) HM
On U.S. 190 at County Highway 100, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 190.
San Saba Masonic Lodge No. 612 arose out of a long history of Freemasonry in San Saba County. This lodge, chartered on December 11, 1885, was the successor to Lodge No. 225 that was disbanded in 1882 as a result of financial troubles and a . . . — — Map (db m175299) HM
On State Highway 16 0.1 miles East Lewis Street, on the left when traveling north.
A member of the party of young Texans who captured the escaping Mexican General Santa Anna after Battle of San Jacinto, during the Texas War for Independence.
Migrated from Alabama in 1828. Served in Texas army at Gonzales and Bexar (San . . . — — Map (db m155534) HM
On U.S. 190 at County Highway 404, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 190.
John W. Barnett and family with sons-in-law, Burrell L. and Tom P.C. Hamrick, settled large tract of land here. Founded community of Simpson Creek. Were first in area to farm as well as to irrigate crops. Were active in local commerce. Helped . . . — — Map (db m175306) HM
On County Road 126 east of County Road 132, on the right when traveling east.
Founded in 1870s. Among first settlers were the families of Andrew, Mark, and Polk Oliver, Stephen M. Lewis; William Faver; Matt Senterfitt; Asa J. Howard.
The only building (a two-story frame structure housing Cumberland Presbyterian . . . — — Map (db m290726) HM
On West Dry Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Dry Street.
Episcopal church services in San Saba date from the early years of settlement. Before the Texas Legislature created and organized San Saba County in 1856, Rev. John Fletcher Fish, a U.S. Army Chaplain from San Antonio, held Episcopal services in the . . . — — Map (db m238848) HM
On County Road 122 at County Road 114 on County Road 122.
The Terry Cemetery exists as a reminder of the first pioneers to arrive in this area. In 1859, Stephen Woodson Terry (1828-1913) and wife Volumnia Jane (Adams) (1830-1901), granddaughter of Revolutionary War soldier Brittain Adams, moved their . . . — — Map (db m263546) HM
On South Cherokee Street at West Wallace Road (U.S. 190), on the left when traveling south on South Cherokee Street.
Removed from major roads and railways, early San Saba County residents had limited access to law enforcement and government. Beginning in the mid-1850s, citizens in and around the county formed vigilante mobs to dispatch justice. Although . . . — — Map (db m158122) HM
On South Cherokee Street north of East Commerce Street, on the right when traveling north.
The United Confederate Veterans (UCV) began in 1889 and grew in popularity following the death and burial of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis a few months later. Camps formed across the South, and annual reunions allowed Confederate . . . — — Map (db m215181) HM
On South Thomas Stewart Drive 0.1 miles south of West Wallace Street, on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated to the Veterans of San Saba County
To the Veterans who died in service as well as those who returned home.
To strengthen our ties to the best in our past and to help discover the best in our future.
To the families who . . . — — Map (db m239728) WM
On East Wallace Street 0.1 miles east of Mill Street.
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"In the year 1883, the writer of this article obtained permission to erect a dam, some 300 yards below the present one, making a five feet fall from this source, and originated the first water works. For eighteen years a water wheel . . . — — Map (db m239007) HM
On China Creek Road (County Highway 200) 0.5 miles west of North Anita Drive, on the right when traveling north.
A legendary Indian site, popular into the 1900s, Wedding Oak sheltered many marriage services. Three occurred in one day, Dec. 24, 1911. — — Map (db m175294) HM
