Mill Pond Park - San Saba, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 11.705 W 098° 42.707
14R E 527458 N 3451258
Located on Thompson Drive at the North entrance to the park.
Waymark Code: WMY1C1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2018
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The sign is rock and metal. A rock base has the metal letters "Welcome to Mill Pond Park". On the corner is a metal square with a metal silhouette cutout of a pecan tree. The tree is painted like the Texas flag. It is red white and blue with a large white star.
San Saba Website
In 1875, Guy Risien built a rock and brush dam across Mill Creek to operate a hydraulic dam that he used to water his own garden and provide water to a few neighbors. Most of the original dam still stands. Risien installed a water wheel, a valve and piston pump, and three-inch water mains. Risien also helped the county keep water troughs at the courthouse full. Risien sold his waterworks to John H. Brown, who built a gristmill. Later the city water system housed its machinery there. Mill Pond still provides water to the residents of San Saba.
Today, Mill Pond Park is a lovely park with a spring-fed lake. A waterfall cascades over rocks landscaped with ferns, moss, canna and caladium. The waters then flow under a bridge and wind throughout the park. Seven-million gallons of water pump through the lake daily. Ducks and geese paddle by and the lake’s many tributaries meander throughout the park, past picnic areas, and Pecan Pool, the municipal swimming pool, all beautifully landscaped with native vegetation.