Editing San Saba County, Texas (section)

===Late 19th and 20th centuries===
The parallel-wire suspension Beveridge Bridge was built across the San Saba River in 1896 by Flinn, Moyer Bridge Co.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kinsey|first=Jim and Lou|title=Beveridge Bridge|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHillCountryTowns/San-Saba/Beveridge-Bridge-San-Saba-Texas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 28, 2010|author2=McBride, Judy }}</ref> In 1911, the Lometa-Eden branch of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway was built through San Saba County.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Saba, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHillCountryTowns/San-Saba-Texas.htm#landmark|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref>  San Saba County brick and sandstone courthouse is erected. Architect Chamberlin & Co.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Saba County Courthouse |url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHillCountryTowns/San-Saba-County-Courthouse.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref>
In 1930, half of the county farms were [[Tenant farmer|tenant farmed]].<ref name="San Saba County"/>  In 1931, pioneer rancher W.H. "Uncle Billy" Gibbons gave the [[Boy Scouts of America]] a 99-year lease to campgrounds along [[Brady Creek (San Saba River)|Brady Creek]] on the historic Gibbons Ranch. Relocated several miles upstream in 1946, the Boy Scouts continue to use Camp Billy Gibbons to this day.<ref>{{cite web|title=W. H. (Uncle Billy) Gibbons (1846-1932) - Richland Sprinds, San Saba County, Texas|url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5411005670|work=Texas Historical Markers|publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow|access-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707072345/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5411005670|archive-date=July 7, 2011}}</ref> The 1938 San Saba River floods caused county-wide devastation. One-third of the town of San Saba was under water.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burnett|first=Jonathan|title=Flash Floods in Texas|year=2008|publisher=TAMU Press|isbn=978-1-58544-590-5|page=120}}</ref> The Town of San Saba was incorporated in 1940.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hellman|first=Paul T|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-93948-5|page=1084}}</ref>  Prolonged drought in the mid-1950s brought hardship to the county agricultural economy.<ref name="San Saba County"/>

The ''San Saba County News'' merged with the ''San Saba Star'' in 1960.<ref name="San Saba County"/> In 1965, a historical marker was erected to honor pioneer doctor Edward D. Doss.<ref>{{cite web|title=Edward D Doss|url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5411001397|work=Texas Historical Markers|publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow|access-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707072351/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5411001397|archive-date=July 7, 2011}}</ref>