The Handbook of Texas Online is a useful link for finding out about historical events or places as you travel around Texas. You should bookmark it to find out what happened nearby in Texas history. It is maintained by the Texas State Historical Association. Here is a link to the search page:
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/search

Searching “Blanco County”  found several interesting entries. For example, here is an entry about a rancher in Blanco and Austin.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbl60.

Farr Ranger