A Texas River Hiding 100 Million Years of History - The San Gabriel

A short film about an otherwise quiet, understated river in central Texas and how it has shaped and impacted everything around it for millennia.
We often like to think that we are above and beyond the effects of even small rivers in the modern age, but in reality, we are still very much at their mercy.
#texas #texashistory #georgetown #georgetowntexas #austin

[@user-wf9id5qq3q]

Excellent! I lived in Georgetown from 1985 to 2013, and now live in San Saba. I have floated and kayaked in both forks of the San Gabriel and hunted between it and Willis Creek and fished on Granger and Georgetown Lakes. Really enjoyed your storytelling and history of the river! Takachue Pouetsu - Land of Good Water...... Water is Life!

[@ahycb]

Native Texan here, very well done video. You deserve way more subscribers with this quality of content. Keep on the grind, I have no doubt you will succeed through this medium.

[@moretoknowshow1887]

Born and raised here in TX and I still find fascinating stores about it, esp. the hill country. Excellent short film!

[@DylanBures]

Let me know what river or part of Texas you'd love to see next!

[@joshk.4096]

Would love to see a focus on the formation of the Highland Lakes and the larger history/importance of the LCRA to the region. Love your work!

[@DOOMSDAYDC4L]

Medina/Bandera has some awesome stuff

[@moretoknowshow1887]

I've always said the story of the Trinity is one that deserves a deeper look.

[@bonesandbells]

The Lampasas River and Stillhouse Hollow Lake would be great. Have a small place there and it's a pretty stunning view and bridge on 3481/Stillhouse Lake Rd with the lake over full now. Lots of history from marine fossils, the Gault site, Maxdale Bridge, Hanna Springs, prohibition era liquor stills that the lake was named after, and the current water pipeline to Lake Georgetown.

[@TexasGuy]

@DylanBures Checkout book “Goodbye to a River” by John Graves. Tells story of Brazos river, which had a major crossing in Waco for Chisholm Trail. Fantastic history.

[@glynhorn2559]

Awesome river that a lot of people don't pay attention too or forget. Glad someone finally showcased it.

[@DylanBures]

Thanks for watching!

[@docneuro4500]

Really nice video. Beautifully shot. I’ve soent a lot of time exploring the San Gabriel, especially the South Fork near where I have family. I think it’s one of the prettiest rivers in the state. So much history too as you documented so well in this video. Nicely done!

[@DylanBures]

Thank you! Amazing river and super lucky to live next to it!

[@heyyourlenscapson2588]

Excellent story telling!

[@colby9023]

Dylan, this video is electric! The San Gabriel is one of Central Texas' great secrets. Cheers to you for shining a light on such a lovely thing.

[@DylanBures]

Thank you so much! Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for more!

[@robeplayer370]

Amazing video dude the quality is insane for a few hundred views, subbed and notifed cant wait to see any new texas content

[@DylanBures]

Thank you! More coming soon!

[@salvadorvelasquez1755]

the beauty of your work does great justice to this river - thank you

[@DylanBures]

Thank you so much! Thank you for watching and the kind words!

[@MrSwitchloose]

Loving the longer format and the drone shots especially!

[@solidaritymedia328]

The music fits so perfectly with the cuts. Great edit!

[@DylanBures]

Thanks!

[@liveatthegabriel]

We love this video! Our apartment community is located close to this river so we decided to learn more about it. Great editing, Dylan. 🛶

[@Katysugg]

what a magnificent article of the historical impact/effect of our Texas rivers. Your presentation style is so accessible, please continue with your research and presentation/preservation of our Texas river history.

[@DylanBures]

Thank you so much! Your kind words mean a lot! Thank you for the encouragement 😊 stay tuned for more videos coming!

[@monkees4beatles]

Longtime Texas river lover here...just wanted to say thank you! Everything about your vid is on-target and very well done. Exvellent!!

[@DylanBures]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ibleedblue1101]

Born in Taylor, moved to Georgetown and never been more than 15 miles from the San Gabriel. Thank you for doing such an amazing piece on her. I have a deep connection with every place you visited. From the camp tejas at Georgetown, to the bridge on 366 (my grandpas friend used to own that house with the big satellite dish btw) it was really great to learn some things I didn’t know, and see these places again

[@DylanBures]

Thank you! I'm glad you connected with the video so well! It's a beautiful river that's understated and often overlooked and I'm glad that it's getting the respect it deserves! Thank you for the kind words! Stay tuned for more!

[@thoyson2562]

This was pretty cool video !

[@andrewspringer3565]

My grandmother grew up on the San Gabriel. She said when she was a kid they would fill up five gallon buckets of arrowheads.

[@DylanBures]

My grandpa grew up in the flood plains of the Guadalupe near the coast and he said the same about many of the creeks there!

[@andrewchristensen6295]

Liberty Hill areas...both north and south, have found some nice points over the years.

[@DavidRodriguez-hg6kq]

Beautiful river and the springs that flow into it. Unfortunately, many springs are drying out because of man's use for drinking, ranching and farming. Jacob's Well a well known spring has zero flow because of over pumping the aquifer. Many rivers are contaminated by chemicals from man even though we have laws against doing that but no one to enforce them.

[@DylanBures]

Unfortunately very true. Talking about the springs, water cycle, and other environmental impacts on the watersheds is definitely one of the videos we want to make! We love our rivers and springs and we want to help educate more people about why it's important to protect them

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Excellent video

[@DylanBures]

Thank you very much!

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

@@DylanBures you're welcome

[@PalmSandsRanch]

Great production, love the quality and content. I’d like to see the Nueces River and Guadalupe River. I would also like to see one done on the History of Fort Clark Springs which has Los Moras Spring and the second largest spring fed pool in Texas. It is also the most western end of the Edwards aquifer.

[@DylanBures]

Thanks so much! I'll make some notes! Guadalupe is especially on the list as a lot of my family roots are in South East Texas in its flood plains but the bigger rivers may have to wait a bit! Will need some more time to do those rivers and their history justice!

[@thexoftexas4267]

9:03 According to the map, the Worley Bridge is on County Road 428.

[@jeremiahsummers8054]

So strange that the river hasn't worn away the Dinosaur tracks. It took the Colorado River only 6 million years to create the Grand Canyon eroding some 5000 ft in some places, yet those tracks only a few inches deep that date to over 150 million years old are still there?

[@glennfoster2423]

The railroad bridge is not a truss structure. It is a combination wood bent structure plus two steel deck girder on masonarry spans.

[@DsHardWoodCreations]

Great video and narration. Im also in georgetown tx. Didnt know about the dinosaur tracks. Would like to take my grandson to them. Can u give me directions to them?

[@DylanBures]

Thank you! Yes I can! Right before HWY 183 hits 29 by Liberty Hill, it crosses the south fork of the San Gabriel. You can park under the hwy there and walk about a 1000 yds up the river and find them. There should be a location on Google and Apple maps too to help! Leander Dinosaur Tracks

[@rexjenkinssimracing]

how can it be 100 million years, when the earth is only around 10 thousands.

[@codyrhodes1344]

That's just the youngest turtle that is that age, the turtles below that are much older.

[@jeremiahsummers8054]

and how can those tracks still be there when it only took 6 million years to form the Grand Canyon, if the river is 150 million years old, you're telling me it didn't erode a few inches in millions of years when the Grand Canyon eroded thousands? What type of rock is that, you'd think it would be sandstone or something that was soft at some point. This makes no sense.