Wilbarger Creek, and Wilbarger Bend Road Texas. (original) (raw)

From its source three miles N of Pflugerville, Wilbarger Creek runs SE for forty-two miles to its mouth on the Colorado River near Utley (7 miles N of Bastrop). The creek is named for Josiah Wilbarger who had moved to Texas and was granted land near the mouth of the creek in 1832.

1926 Marker for Josiah Wilbarger placed by his descendants
TE Photo, February 2007

FM 969 at Wilbarger Bend Road

Wilbarger Bend Road (Wilbarger Trace)
heading toward the Colorado River

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A former residence on Wilbarger Road

The river gauge at the Utley bridge. Note bullet holes
TE photos. February 2007

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