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词条 Tunas Creek
释义

  1. History

  2. See also

  3. References

{{Infobox river
| name = Tunas Creek
| image =
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| source1_location =
| mouth_location = Pecos River
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = United States
| length =
| source1_elevation = {{convert|3080|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|2260|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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}}Tunas Creek formerly known as Arroyo Escondido, is a Stream tributary to the Pecos River, in Pecos County, Texas. Its source is at {{coord|30|52|53|N|102|34|59|W|display=inline}} 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 {{coord|30|51|31|N|102|33|32|W|display=inline}} 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.[2]

See also

  • List of rivers of Texas

References

1. ^{{GNIS|1370208|Tunas Creek}}
2. ^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
  • {{cite web | title=An Analysis of Texas Waterways | url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_t3200_1047/index.phtml | accessdate=2006-05-04}}
  • USGS Geographic Names Information Service
  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
{{coord|31|02|07|N|102|13|54|W|display=title}}{{PecosCountyTX-geo-stub}}{{Texas-river-stub}}

6 : Bodies of water of Pecos County, Texas|Pecos River|Rivers of Texas|San Antonio-El Paso Road|San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line|Stagecoach stops in the United States

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