Bowser Community

About 1858 the Abel Bowser family settled at a large bend in the Colorado River about 3 miles north of this site. The developing village, school and cemetery became known as Bowser Bend and by the late 1880s included a cotton gin and store. Due to river floods, Paul Varga donated land at this site for a chapel and cemetery in 1890. In the early 1900s J. T. Martin sold town lots and deeded land for a school one-half mile east. The town of Bowser relocated, but the closure of the post office, gin and school caused it to decline in the 1940s. (1990)

Bowser Community is a historical marker in Richland Springs, San Saba County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 28 historical markers documented in San Saba County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4076, -98.9806 near Richland Springs. The nearest cataloged historic site is Vargy Chapel Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Bowser Cemetery, Holt Cemetery, and McCarty Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5411000476. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.