Library
is a Dream Come True for Pioneer Family
Two
sisters from a pioneer San Saba family lived frugally for many years
to insure that their dream of providing a library for the people of
San Saba County would come true after their deaths.
Miss
Coral and Miss Lois Rylander, who moved to Forth Worth with their
mother after their father died in 1920, had made it their goal to
provide a public library for San Saba with the proceeds from their
estate. The estate set aside $147,000 for the 5000 square foot library
building which was constructed on land donated by San Saba County.
Ground was broken for the building November 1975 and their dream came
true when the Rylander Memorial Library, honoring their parents, was
dedicated July 11, 1976.
What
is perhaps even better is that the sisters also provided that the
earnings from the remainder of the Rylander estate will continue in
perpetuity to provide books and other library needs for the people
of San Saba.
