Around 8000 BC, Native American inhabitants arrived. Later Native Americans included Comanche and Lipan Apache. In 1757, Father Alonso Giraldo de Terreros founded Presidio San Luis de las Amarillas, as a support for Santa Cruz de San Sabá Mission, for the Apache Indians. In the 1830s, James Bowie and Rezin P. Bowie scoured the San Saba valley seeking a silver mine that the Spanish had believed to be in the area. They were unsuccessful, but the legend of the Lost Bowie Mine, also known as the Lost San Saba Mine or the Los Almagres Mine, fed the imaginations of treasure-seekers for the next 150 years.
around 8000 bc native american inhabitants arrived later native americans included comanche and lipan apache in 1757 father alonso giraldo de terreros founded presidio san luis de las amarillas as a support for santa cruz de san sabá mission for the apache indians in the 1830s james bowie and rezin p bowie scoured the san saba valley seeking a silver mine that the spanish had believed to be in the area they were unsuccessful but the legend of the lost bowie mine also known as the lost san saba mine or the los almagres mine fed the imaginations of treasure-seekers for the next 150 years