Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba

Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba is an hourglass-shaped pass through the hills where McDougal Creek joins the San Saba River. For years it was a favored Indian campground, and it entered written history in 1732 as the site of a Spanish-Apache battle. It saw the passage of adventurers, mustang hunters, Indian fighters, German settlers, and gold-seekers. It was probably named by landowner Wilhelm Harlen for one-legged land commissioner T.W. Ward. The crossing later became a station on a stage line, gained notoriety for many hold-ups that occurred at Robbers' Roost one mile west, and in a later era served as a crossing on the Great Western Cattle Trail.

Texas · United States