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 July 27, 2008 | San Saba County Courthouse Texas County Courthouse Project #24: San Saba County (San Saba, Texas) In 1732, the governor of Texas, then under Spanish rule, was Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballo. That year he led a military expedition through present day San Saba County tracking the Apache Indians who had resisted peace and had continued raids in San Antonio. On the feast day of St. Sabbás, the expedition crossed the Colorado River and traveled west, coming to a clear stream. The Bustillo named the new river Río de San Sabá de las Nueces in honor of St. Sabbás, a sixth century monk. On December 9, on the newly named San Saba River, the Spanish defeated the Apaches in a four hour battle. A mission was constructed on the river (in present day Menard County) in 1757 and named Santa Cruz de San Sabá. San Saba County was formed in 1856 with the town of San Saba becoming the county seat. The San Saba County News, the first newspaper in West Texas, was started in 1873. An English horticulturist named Edward Riesen traveled through San Saba on his way to California in the late nineteenth century and, noticing the different variety of pecans on the trees growing on the San Saba River, decided to hang around. His experiments with these trees lead to the “San Saba Desirable” pecan and he proclaimed San Saba the “Pecan Capitol of the World”. There is some evidence that pecan trees originated along the San Saba River thousands of years ago. Built in 1911, the courthouse in San Saba County has been described as the quintessential example of the Texas Renaissance style courthouse. Built of brick and sandstone, it replaced the courthouse of 1878. 
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