Tunas Creek | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Source1 Elevation: | 3080feet |
Mouth Elevation: | 2260feet |
Tunas Creek formerly known as Arroyo Escondido, is a stream tributary to the Pecos River, in Pecos County, Texas. Its source is at 30.8814°N -102.5831°W on the southwestern side of Big Mesa.
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 30.8586°N -102.5589°W also on the creek. Both these places were watering and resting places for travelers on the route to Comanche Springs and for the stagecoaches of the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line and other lines.[1]