Live Oak Creek (Crockett County, Texas)

Live Oak Creek, a stream with its source in Reagan County, Texas at 31°10′45″N 101°42′01″W / 31.17917°N 101.70028°W / 31.17917; -101.70028 at an elevation of 2938 feet, that runs southward to its mouth at an elevation of 2001 feet on the Pecos River in Crockett County, Texas.[1]

Live Oak Creek was a water source on the San Antonio-El Paso Road, 30.44 miles from Howard Springs and 3 miles from Fort Lancaster and 7.29 miles from Pecos Crossing.[2] Fort Lancaster was located to the east of this creek near its mouth.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Live Oak 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

Coordinates: 30°39′08″N 101°42′31″W / 30.65222°N 101.70861°W / 30.65222; -101.70861


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