Millican Pecan Company‘s roots go deep in the history of the state nut of Texas. The San Saba orchard and the modern pecan industry were started by E.E. Risien in 1888 when he popularized the ...

SAN SABA, Texas — For the Millican family, the San Saba River has always been more than a water source, it’s been a partner in their livelihood. Their pecan orchard, planted in 1888, has been passed ...

I’m hit with a familiar scent breezing through the car window as I drive into San Saba, Texas. You can smell a pecan grove in its autumnal flourish before you see it—that much I know from growing up ...

Bill Wallace walks along the damaged fence line on his property in San Saba, Texas. (Photo by Madeline de Figueiredo) Ranches and pecan orchards along the banks of the San Saba River, stretched across ...