Tunas Creek
| Tunas Creek | |
|---|---|
| Mouth | Pecos River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Source elevation | 3080 |
| Mouth elevation | 2260 |
Tunas Creek formerly known as Arroyo Escondido, is a Stream tributary to the Pecos River, in Pecos County, Texas. Its source is at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. on the southwestern side of Big Mesa.[1]
History
The San Antonio-El Paso Road met with and crossed Arroyo Escondido, 16.26 miles west of the place called Leaving of Pecos on the Pecos River and 8.58 miles east of Escondido Spring Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. also on the creek. Both these places were watering and resting places for travelers on the route to Comanche Spring and for the stagecoaches of the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line and other lines.[2]
See also
References
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- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tunas Creek
- ↑ Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859, Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, Texas
