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Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba

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SH 29, about 10 mi. SE of Menard, Menard, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 52' 10.77723000012", -99° 35' 58.12101999996"
 
    Texas State
Historical Marker
     An hourglass-shaped pass through the hills were McDougal Creek joins San Saba River. For years a favored Indian campground, it entered written history, 1732, as site of Spanish-Apache battle. Saw passage of adventurers, mustang hunters, Indian fighters, German settlers, gold-seekers. Probably named by landowner Wilhelm Harlen for one-legged land commissioner T.W. Ward. Crossing became station on stage line. Gained notoriety for many hold-ups that occurred at Robbers' Roost (1 mile west). Pegleg served in later era as crossing on Great Western Cattle Trail.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba Historical Marker Location Map, Menard, Texas