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Related Historical Markers
Bluff Trail Overlook marker overlooking Wilbarger Bend of the Colorado River. Pecan Springs School near the original location of this marker.
By Gregory Walker, November 19, 2014
Bluff Trail Overlook Location
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Texas, Bastrop County, Cedar Creek — Bluff Trail Overlook —  |
| The bluff stands 80 feet above the Colorado River at Wilbarger Bend. Josiah Wilbarger was an early settler whose family owned the land on the opposite side of the river during the 1800s. Josiah was one of a few Texans who were scalped and lived to . . . — — Map (db m79096) HM | |||
| 2 ► Texas, Travis County, Austin, Windsor Park — 15647 — Site of Pecan Springs School — Reported missing |
| In community where scalping and dramatic rescue of Josiah Wilbarger occurred in 1833. By 1875 area had developed so much that a schoolhouse was built at this site. Original 30 x 40 – foot structure was set on 4.68 acres of land. A Mr. Goodnight . . . — — Map (db m300769) HM | |||