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The winding Rio Grande
TE photo, December 1999 |
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Swimming
to Mexico
A trip including 12 rivers, 7 State Parks, 2 Creeks and more Springs
than an old mattress |
Blanco
River
Blanco, Blanco State Park, Five Mile Dam
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Canadian
River
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Colorado
River
Highland
Lakes and Dams
Dams: Tom Miller Dam, Mansfield Dam, Max Starke Dam, Wirtz
Dam, Inks Dam and Buchanan Dam
Lakes: Lake Austin, Lake Travis, Lake Marble Falls, Lake
LBJ, Inks lake, and Lake Buchanan
Rafting
Cotton from Bastrop to Matagorda by Mike Cox
During the 1840s and continuing through the Civil War, Central Texans
saw the Colorado River not so much as a source of drinking water
or place to fish as a transportation artery connecting them with
the Gulf of Mexico.
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Comal
River
New Braunfels, Landa Park, Hinman Island Park, Prince Sohms Park,
Tube Chute
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Cypress
River - Caddo Lake
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Devils
River - Devils River State Natural Area
The Naming
of Devils River by Mike Cox
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Frio
River (Rio Frio)
Frio River near Frio
Town (Images)
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Guadalupe
River
River Road, Kerrville-Schreiner State Park, Guadalupe River State
Park, Cascade Cavern, Louise Hays Park, Max Starcke Park
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Llano
River
Llano
River (Images of bridge and dam)
South
Llano River
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Medina
River
Hard
Times on the Medina by Mike Cox
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Navidad River
Wild
Navidad by Mike Cox ("Texas Tales" Column)
The Navidad River is only 74 miles long but it is as tangled in
history and folklore as the vines and trees along its banks.
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Neches
River
Neches
River by Bob Bowman ("All Things Historical" Column)
"While environmentalists and water developers duel over the
merits of preserving the Neches River, the debate has largely overlooked
the river’s history. Sometimes called East Texas’ last wild river,
the Neches has been flowing though eastern Texas longer than any
of the remnants of mankind, even the earliest Indians."
Fort
Teran by Bob Bowman ("All Things Historical" Column)
Hidden deep in the woodlands bordering the Neches River are the
last remains of what may be the earliest fort built in East Texas.
And, perhaps, a buried treasure.
Neches
River in Beaumont, Texas - Images
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Paluxy River
Dinosaur
Valley State Park
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Pecos
River
The stories, information, towns, trips and images
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Pedernales
River
Pedernales River
- Pedernales Falls State Park
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Rio Grande
The
Big Bend Then by Maggie van Ostrand
Rio
Grande - A Flatboat Named Enchilada
Hot Springs in Big Bend National Park, Crossing the Rio Grande ...
Los
Ebanos and the last hand-operated ferry on the Rio Grande
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Rio Grande at Big Bend
TE photo,
December 1999 |
Sabinal River
"Arroyo
de la Soledad” AKA Sabinal River
Sabine
River ( Sabinal, Texas Hill Country Ghost Town)
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Sabine River
Adams-Onis-Treaty
by Archie P. McDonald ("All Things Historical" Column)
We have regarded the Sabine River as the boundary between Louisiana
and Texas, at least most of it, all our lives, but this was not
so until 1819...
Sabine
River ( East Texas Sunday Drive)
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San Bernard
River
Kendleton,
Fort Bend County photo only
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San
Gabriel River
San Gabriel Park, Blue Hole
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San
Saba River
Mill Pond Park, Risien Park
San
Saba River swimming hole in Menard, Texas
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San
Marcos River
San
Marcos River in San Marcos
The river with its constant temperature of 71 degrees is the only
place known where Texas wild rice grows.
Aquarena
Springs
Aquarena Springs is primarily the source of the San Marcos River,
rising from hundreds of fissures under Spring Lake.
Zedler's
Mills in Luling
After nearly four decades, Zedler's Mills is revealed from Nature's
green cloak.
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Trinity River
A
Steamboat’s Tale by Bob Bowman ("All Things Historical"
Column)
"Lying in the Trinity River at Parker’s Bluff, near Palestine,
a cluster of remnants from an old sidewheeler steamboat serve as
reminders of an era when cotton was king in much of East Texas...."
Trinity
River - Historical Marker
Trinity
River - Navarro Crossing
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More Texas
River Images
US
77 - South of Victoria The Guadalupe River, the San Antonio
River, Coleto Creek, the Mission River, the Aransas River, the Nueces
River and finally Los Olmos creek.
1935
Flood
Angelina
River, Bevilport boat ramp
Brazos
River near Dennis
Brazos
River near Stephen F. Austin State Park
Canadian
River
Colorado
River near Glen Flora
Leon
River in Hamilton County
Guadalupe
River, Victoria
Medina
River at Castroville Regional Park
Neches
River and bridges, Beaumont
Red
River and bridge, Red River County
San
Benito arroyo
San
Marcos River in Fentress, Texas
San
Saba River
The
San Saba River at Menard's Stock Pens Crossing Park
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Springs and
Falls
Aquarena
Springs, San Marcos, Texas
Barton
Springs and Zilker Parks, Austin's Crown Jewel
Colorado Bend State Park, Six miles of Lake Frontage
Davy
Crockett Spring, Crockett, Texas
Dickens
Springs, Dickens County Spring Park, Dickens Texas
Hamilton
Pool, Hamilton Pool, Westcave Preserve
Indian
Hot Springs
Krause
Springs, Spicewood, Texas
McKinney
Falls State Park, McKinney Falls
Old
Pueblo Springs, Bronco, Texas Panhandle
Pedernales
Falls - Pedernales Falls State Park
San
Solomon Springs, Balmorrhea State Park, West Texas
Soda
Springs, North end of Soda Lake
"The
Eyes of Father Margil" - Twin springs on LaNana Creek
Tinaja,
natural spring swimming hole (vintage photo)
Woodville
- In the roadside park beside U.S. Highway 287 northwest of Woodville
is a spring-fed pool built by Civilian Conservation Corps workers
in the 1930s. (From "Out-of-the-way
places" by Bob Bowman)
A landmark
spring runs from a hillside beside U.S. 175 north of the Neches
River southeast of Frankston. (From "Out-of-the-way
places" by Bob Bowman)
Canals
The
Lone Star Canal - Anahuac, Texas, Chambers County
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Arroyo, Bayous
& Creeks
An
Affinity for Place Names by Bob Bowman
When settlers from the U.S. poured into Texas following its independence
and later statehood, they starting slapping names on the places
where they put down roots. Most of the names are still around and
just as colorful as they were decades ago.
Alligator
Creek : Bell County
Arroyo
Colorado : Harlingen, Texas
Arroyo
Colorado : Mercedes, Texas
Bear
Creek : Harris
County
Bear
Creek : Kimble
County
Big
Stinking Creek : Stonewall
County
Bull
Creek : Austin Texas
Burnt
Boot Creek : Medina
County, near Devine, Texas
Calf
Creek
Celery
Creek : Historical Marker near Menard, Texas
Cibolo
Creek Park : Boerne, Texas
Cowhouse
Creek : Pottsville, Texas
Crabapple
Creek : Gillespie
County
Dixon
Creek : near Borger, Texas
Jim
Ned Creek by Mike Cox
Little
Walnut Creek by Mike Cox
Medio
Creek - Historical Marker : Bee
County
Metheglin
Creek : Bell County
Onion
Creek : Hays County
Pecan
Bayou : Burkett, Texas
Pederson
Creek : McLean, Texas
Perdido
Creek : Fannin, Texas
Plum
Creek : Caldwell
County
Rancho
Viejo
Salado
: W.A. Pace Park, Salado Creek
Sisterdale
Creek : Sisterdale, Texas
South
Prong Creek : Sabine
County
Terra
Blanca Creek : near Hereford, Texas
Three
Rivers, Texas
Woman
Hollering Creek
Waring
: Kendall County
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of Austin History Center, PICA 008484-A |
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