Turkey Creek (Nueces River)

Turkey Creek, a tributary of the Nueces River with its source in Kinney County, Texas 29°14′32″N 100°06′56″W / 29.24222°N 100.11556°W. It passes through Uvalde and Dimmit Counties to its mouth at Espantosa Lake in Espantosa Slough south of Crystal City in Zavala County, Texas. [1]

History

Turkey Creek, near Cline, Texas in western Uvalde County,[2] was a watering stop and crossing place on the San Antonio-El Paso Road 9.04 miles west of crossing on the Nueces River and 15.23 miles from its crossing of Elm Creek.[3] From 1871 to the 1881 the Turkey Creek Stage Stop was located near the crossing, run by Celeste Pingenot, who also had a store and saloon there, This became the town of Turkey Creek, then Wallace before being changed to Cline shortly after the Texas and New Orleans Railroad arrived there.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turkey Creek
  2. ↑ 29°14′36″N 100°04′58″W / 29.24333°N 100.08278°W
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Ruben E. Ochoa, "CLINE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed January 17, 2014. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Coordinates: 28°37′59″N 99°49′36″W / 28.63306°N 99.82667°W