San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-10-21
SAN SABA COUNTY.

February l, 1856. During the
; year 1857 a county site was laid
d out and this site was called Sa1
! Saba. Some time during this
= year j. S. Williams put up grist
mill near where the roller mill now
; stands. If this county ever kept
any records until 1861 they have
been lost or destroyed. In the
! fall of 1857 the first election ever
held in San Saba county was held
in the town of San Saba, for the
election of district and county Of
ficers. The following is the result
of that election:
E. H. Vontress was elected Dis
trict Judge; B. Y. Posey, District
Attorney; J. B. Harrell, Chief JUS
tice; E. Freestone, Sheriff; j. T.
Davis, Assessor and Tax-Collector;
Dr. Allen Sloan, District and
County Judge.
This county contains 1131 square
miles, and is bounded on the north
by Brown and Mills counties; on
the east by Lampasas, south by
Llano and Mason, and west by
McCulloch. 1t takes its name
from the river which runs in a
north-easterly direction, and flows
into the Colorado river.
Mr.. David Low has the honor of
being the first white settler in this
county, and Mr.. MATCHBOX the Sec
ond. The population of this coun-
ty in 1880 was 1924 in 1892, 5000.
There are many fertile valleys in
this county well adapted to the
growth of cotton, corn, wheat and
oats. The town of San Saba is the
county seat and has a population
of 1900. Almost any kind of veg
citation can be found in this coun-
ty. There are two market gardens
In town and all kinds of vegetables
can be obtained from them.
In this county there is good
deal of marble. There is a mar
bic quarry not very far from here,
which, although it has not been
opened, some very fine specimens
of marble have been obtained.
And there is also a good deal of
iron ore. The most valuable of
which is the magnetic, which is
of extreme richnsss and purity,
and it is also of great commercial
value,
Of the building material there
is not much to be said except that
this county has a good deal of
sand, lime stone and flint rock, by
their proximity to water power
some of them could be proftably
worked.
Most all of the domesticated an
imals, such as the COW, horse, sheep
and hog are to be found in this
county. Several years ago this
county abounded in stock farms
and sheep ranches, but now the
largest part of the county has been
converted into farms.
In this county there are great
many little running streams. The
San Saba is very pretty stream
flowing through the county. A
long the river bottom there is to ,
be found great number of pecan
trees, from which a great many pc
cans are obtained and sold. There
is also the oak and elm and various
other kinds of trees. The Simp-
son and Cherokee are said to be
very pretty streams. {
The schools in this county are l
very good. At Richland Springs !
here is a school house which has
.hree rooms and employs three '
At Cherokee there is I
also very good school and en- !
ploys two teachers.
In 1859 San Saba issued her a
first marriage license. They were c
issued by George B. Cook County t
clerk to James L. Latham and }
Martha Ann Couch. I
At all times more land is being
and farms increase every
year There are several small
owns IN this county. One of
.hese towns is Richland Springs.
It is situated in a low place and i
here is small hill almost direct F
y in front of the town, and on top i !,
If this hill is the school house; it '
s a very pretty building and can \
'e seen long before you reach $
own. Cherokee is another town t,
,ut have never been there and 1 !
10 not know how it is situated.
This county ranks very high as "a q
farming county. 1t has been n
laid, there is not better county n n
n West Texas for farming pur- S
,oses.
Near Richland there are a great
lumber of springs some of which