This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Road through Wimberley Shaped by Trails to Modern Highway
The narrative traces early routes from hunting grounds to waterholes across the hills toward Wimberley. It covers Native trails, 19th century road taxes, post Reconstruction road work, and the shift from wagon roads to graded dirt and pavement. It notes the big hill, Purgatory road, cattle drives, and the 1940s paving milestone. The piece concludes with road dedications and the Presidential Ranch Trail linking to Lyndon Johnson’s ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays County
Blanco River
Cypress Creek
Come Pass
Texas
San Marcos
Wimberley
Wren
Parke
Townsend
Heard and Herndon
Leaths Crawford
Story
Seven Mile Hill
Big Hill
Blanco Rivers
Purgatory
Johnson City
Llano
Will Burnett
J.R. Wilhelm
Commissioners Court
Scott and Howard Construction Company
Corral
Carl Scudder
Twin Mountain Ranch
Creed
Wimberley Ranch
Wimberely Hills
Wimberley School
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Wimberely