The first Colorado River bridge in this area was built in 1903 between Mills and San Saba counties to serve ranchers and farmers. It fell into the river on May 9, 1924, killing Raymond Burns Jernigan, born June 28, 1914, along with his horse and several cattle. Its replacement was destroyed in a 1936 flood. Built in 1939 by 90 percent hand labor, the Regency Suspension Bridge became a source of local pride, and youths gathered there in the 1940s to picnic, dance, and sing. Later bypassed by paved roads, it survives as one of the last suspension bridges in Texas.