Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba
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.
Courtesy hmdb.org
