Editing San Saba County, Texas (section)

===Early history===
Early Native American inhabitants of the area included [[Tonkawa]], [[Caddo]], [[Lipan Apache people|Lipan Apache]], and [[Comanche]].<ref name="San Saba County">{{cite web|last=Murphy|first=Victoria S|title=San Saba County|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcs05|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> In 1732, Governor of [[Spanish Texas]], [[Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos]], arrived on the feast day of sixth-century monk [[Sabbas the Sanctified|St. Sabbas]], and named the river [[San Saba River|''Río de San Sabá de las Nueces'']].<ref name="Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands"/><ref name="San Saba River">{{cite web|title=San Saba River|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rns11|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> Santa Cruz de San Sabá Mission was established in 1757.<ref name="Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands">{{cite book|last=Barr|first=Juliana|title=Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands |year=2007|publisher=The University of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-8078-5790-8|page=327}}</ref> In 1788, José Mares led an expedition from San Antonio to Santa Fe.<ref name="Spanish Texas, 1519-1821">{{cite book|last=Chipman|first=Donald E|title=Spanish Texas, 1519-1821|year=1992|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-77659-3|page=208}}</ref>

In 1828, 28 people from [[Stephen F. Austin]]'s group passed through. A portion of the county was included in Austin's grants from the Mexican government.<ref name="San Saba County"/>  The [[Fisher–Miller Land Grant]] in 1842 contained most of later land deeds.<ref name="Along the Texas Forts Trail">{{cite book|last=Aston|first=B W|title=Along the Texas Forts Trail|year=1997|publisher=University of North Texas Press|isbn=978-1-57441-035-8|author2=Taylor, Ira Donathon |page=119}}</ref> Five years later, the [[Meusebach–Comanche Treaty]] was signed in San Saba County.<ref name="Along the Texas Forts Trail"/> In 1854, the Harkey family settled at Wallace and Richland Creeks. The David Matsler family moved from [[Burnet County, Texas|Burnet County]] to Cherokee Creek.<ref name="San Saba County"/><ref name="The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West">{{cite book|last=Wallis|first=Michael|title=The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West|year=2000|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=978-0-312-26381-2|page=536}}</ref>

San Saba County was organized from [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] and named for the San Saba River in 1856. [[San Saba, Texas|San Saba]] was selected as the county seat.<ref name="San Saba County"/>  The Seventh Texas Legislature confirmed the boundaries of the county in 1858.<ref name="San Saba County"/> in 1860, the population was 913, which included 98 slaves.<ref name="San Saba County"/> The county was divided into 10 school districts in 1867.<ref name="San Saba County"/>

In 1874, Edmund E. Risen devoted his work to improving local nuts, in particular the [[pecan]]. San Saba eventually billed itself as the Pecan Capital of the World.<ref>{{cite web|title=Edmond E. Risien, Pecan Pioneer|url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5411001391|work=Texas State Historical Markers|publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow|access-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707072335/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5411001391|archive-date=July 7, 2011}}</ref>