Colorado River used to drain out at Sargent Beach About 1000 years ago the Colorado River which drains parts of the Hill country and Austin jumped out of its main channel at Glen Floral Texas. Then it headed to the Gulf though Caney Creek. In relatively recent geological time of the past 6,000 years  Texas Rivers  rivers would changed their course from time to time. The flow of the Colorado river would empty into the Gulf of Mexico at Sargent Beach.. Now it flows to it’s latest exit into the Gulf of Mexico near  Matagorda Texas.  This happened in the last 6,000 years In North East Texas...

  The New Sargent Boat Parade Saturday Night on Caney Creek The Boat Parade a colorful success every year. Enjoy the Event this weekend from the shores of Caney Creek. The Boat Parade has become an annual Sargent Event and very successful.      

Sargent Maps and History Way back in 1963 the Army Corp of Engineers decided to cut a channel into the Gulf of Mexico at Sargent. This cut became known as McCabes Cut.  As you can see from this 1944 photograph from the Texas Land office there was already an oxbow lake that is just like Old Dead Caney Creek. McCabes cut was originaly 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep and over the years grew like a monster. The Cut in 1988 was 300 feet wide and 30 feet deep. By this time Barges and Boats were being sucked out into the Gulf when the tide was right. It was like a giant vacuum cleaner sucking...