Tunas Creek Explained

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.

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 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]

See also

References

31.0353°N -102.2317°W

Notes and References

  1. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/m1/147/ Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859