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1894 Map of San Saba

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of San Saba
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1925
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1925

About this map

The Colorado River winds through the heart of the Central Texas Hill Country in this late nineteenth-century survey, defining the boundaries of San Saba and Mills counties. This landscape is characterized by a dense network of watercourses, including the Pecan Bayou and numerous creeks such as Cherokee Creek and Richland Creek, which carved out fertile pockets like Hanna Valley and Big Valley. These valleys provided the foundational geography for early settlements like Regency and Richland Springs during a period of agricultural expansion.

Industrial progress is evidenced by the route of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, which skirts the northeastern portion of the sheet near Goldthwaite. Significant topographic landmarks, such as San Saba Peak 1712 and the Harkey Knobs, offer a view into the natural terrain that settlers and surveyors like A.F. Dunnington encountered. Smaller communities such as Bend and Red Bluff appear along the riverbanks, marking the era's reliance on fluvial networks for transit and sustenance before modern infrastructure fundamentally altered the region.