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Rambling Boy

History Along the Webberville Road

By Marfa Public Radio

Published March 3, 2014 at 6:00 AM CST

140303-hornsbys-home-off-of-webberville-road-in-hornsby-bend-austin-library — The Hornsby's Home off of Webberville Roady in Hornsby Bend (Credit: Austin Library)

Texas has numerous historic roads that started as an indian path and were later widened and paved into a highway. Lonn's favorite historic Texas road is a little known backroad that runs at the bottom of the Colorado river between Austin and Bastrop.