Hi: Another article spotted at HANDBOOK OF TEXAS ONLINE. Regards, Nan [email protected] - ----------------------------- (Just one paragraph from an article about Blanco Co. TX) http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/cgi-bin/web_fetch_doc?dataset=tsha.dst&db=handbo ok&doc_id=21416&query=Hinds "By 1836 the Comanches had claimed all lands within the present boundaries of Blanco County. This hostile tribe made war on Apaches and white settlers alike, causing them to band together to fight their common enemy. Capt. James Hughes Callahanqv first visited the Blanco River area on his way to an Indian battle. He was apparently impressed with the land along the river and so returned in 1853 with his friend, ELI CLEMENS HINDS. Both men built homes on the Blanco River in 1854, thus becoming the first white settlers in what is now Blanco County. Later that year Joseph Bird established Birdtown, now known as Round Mountain, in the northern part of the county."