| Marker Number |
3976 |
| Atlas Number |
5327003976 |
| Marker Title |
Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba |
| Index Entry |
Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba |
| Address |
SH 29, about 10 mi. SE of Menard |
| City |
Menard |
| County |
Menard |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
442692 |
| UTM Northing |
3415311 |
| Subject Codes |
roads; water topics |
| Marker Year |
1970 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
on SH 29 ROW, about 10 miles SE of Menard |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
An hourglass-shaped pass through the hills where 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. |
