Seco Creek
| Seco Creek (Rio Seco) | |
| stream | |
| Name origin: Spanish | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Texas |
| Region | Bandera County |
| Part of | Hondo Creek, Frio River, Nueces River |
| Source | source |
| - location | five miles north of Sentry Mountain and Farm Road 470, southwestern Bandera County, Texas |
| - elevation | 2,050 ft (625 m) |
| - coordinates | 29°44′05″N 99°25′14″W / 29.73472°N 99.42056°W [1] |
| Mouth | mouth |
| - location | confluence with Hondo Creek, seven miles west of Moore, Frio County, Texas |
| - elevation | 571 ft (174 m) [1] |
| - coordinates | 29°01′38″N 99°08′24″W / 29.02722°N 99.14000°WCoordinates: 29°01′38″N 99°08′24″W / 29.02722°N 99.14000°W [1] |
| Length | 66 mi (106 km) |
Seco Creek, is a tributary stream of the Hondo Creek, in Frio County, Texas.[1] Named Rio Seco (Seco, the Spanish word for "dry,") in 1689 by Captain Alonso De León, governor of Coahuila, when his expedition crossed the creek.[2]
Seco Creek has its source five miles north of Sentry Mountain and Farm Road 470 in southwestern Bandera County. Its course runs southeast for sixty-six miles through Bandera, Uvalde, Frio and Medina Counties. Its mouth at its confluence with Hondo Creek, is seven miles west of Moore in Frio County.[1][2]
History
Seco Creek was a watering place for travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road including the stagecoach lines like the San Antonio-El Paso Mail and San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line.[3][4]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Seco Creek
- 1 2 "SECO CREEK," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbsar), accessed November 25, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Wayne R. Austerman, "SAN ANTONIO-EL PASO MAIL," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eus01), accessed November 22, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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