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TEXAS RIVERS

The history, folklore, towns, trips, ecology and images of Texas' major rivers.
Including information on related lakes, dams, reservoirs and parks.

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Rivers in Texas

Swimming to Mexico Feature
A trip including 12 rivers, 7 State Parks, 2 Creeks and more Springs than an old mattress

Rivers Mentioned in Swimming to Mexico -
Their Lengths, Sources, and Termination Points.

Blanco River Feature
Blanco, Blanco State Park, Five Mile Dam

Colorado River

Highland Lakes and Dams Feature
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.

Comal River - Feature
New Braunfels, Landa Park, Hinman Island Park, Prince Sohms Park, Tube Chute

Cypress River - Caddo Lake

Devils River - Devils River State Natural Area
The Naming of Devils River by Mike Cox

Frio River (Rio Frio)
Frio River near Frio Town (Images)

Guadalupe River - Feature
River Road, Kerrville-Schreiner State Park, Guadalupe River State Park, Cascade Cavern, Louise Hays Park, Max Starcke Park

Llano River - Feature
Llano River (Images of bridge and dam)
South Llano River

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.

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

Paluxy River

Dinosaur Valley State Park

Pecos River - Feature River
The stories, information, towns, trips and images

Pedernales River
Pedernales River - Pedernales Falls State Park Feature

Rio Grande

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

Sabinal River

"Arroyo de la Soledad” AKA Sabinal River

Sabine River ( Sabinal, Texas Hill Country Ghost Town)

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)

San Bernard River

Kendleton, Fort Bend County photo only

San Gabriel River - Feature
San Gabriel Park, Blue Hole

San Saba River - Feature
Mill Pond Park, Risien Park

San Saba River swimming hole in Menard, Texas

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.

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 3-16-12

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

Medina River at Castroville Regional Park

Neches River and bridges, Beaumont

San Benito arroyo

San Marcos River in Fentress, Texas

The San Saba River at Menard's Stock Pens Crossing Park

Texas Waters

Springs and Falls

Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, Texas Feature

Barton Springs and Zilker Parks, Austin's Crown Jewel Feature

Colorado Bend State Park, Six miles of Lake Frontage Feature

Davy Crockett Spring, Crockett, Texas Feature

Dickens Springs, Dickens County Spring Park, Dickens Texas

Hamilton Pool, Hamilton Pool, Westcave Preserve Feature

Krause Springs, Spicewood, Texas Feature

McKinney Falls State Park, McKinney Falls Feature

Old Pueblo Springs, Bronco, Texas Panhandle

Pedernales Falls - Pedernales Falls State Park

San Solomon Springs, Balmorrhea State Park, West Texas Feature

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

Arroyo, Bayous & Creeks

An Affinity for Place Names by Bob Bowman 3-4-12
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

Bull Creek : Austin Texas Feature

Burnt Boot Creek : near Devine, Texas

Calf Creek

Celery Creek : Historical Markere near Menard, Texas

Cibolo Creek Park : Boerne, Texas

Cowhouse Creek : Pottsville, Texas

Dixon Creek : near Borger, Texas

Medio Creek - Historical Marker : Bee County

Onion Creek : Hays County

Pecan Bayou : Burkett, Texas

Pederson Creek : McLean, Texas

Perdido Creek : Fannin, Texas

Plum Creek : Caldwell County Feature

Rancho Viejo

Salado : W.A. Pace Park, Salado Creek Feature

Sisterdale Creek : Sisterdale, Texas

South Prong Creek : Sabine County

Three Rivers, Texas

Woman Hollering Creek Feature

Waring : Kendall County

River Folklore

The Poison Spring by Mike Cox 3-15-12
For as long as mankind has had the ability to tell and pass along stories, springs and wells have provided a free-flowing source of legend and lore...

Woman Hollering Creek Feature

The Wolf Girl of Devil's River by Gary Humphreys

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