Seco Creek, is a tributary
stream
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of the
Hondo Creek
Hondo Creek is a tributary of the Frio River in Texas that rises in Bandera County northwest of Tarpley and runs approximately 67 miles to its mouth near Pearsall, Texas. The creek crosses through three counties including Bandera, Medina, and Fr ...
, in
Frio County
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,
Texas
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.
Named ''Rio Seco'' (Seco, the Spanish word for "dry,") in 1689 by Captain Alonso De León, governor of
Coahuila
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, when his expedition crossed the creek.
["SECO CREEK," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbsar), accessed November 25, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.]
Seco Creek has its source five miles north of Sentry Mountain and Farm Road 470 in southwestern
Bandera County. Its course runs southeast for sixty-six miles through Bandera,
Uvalde, Frio and
Medina
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Counties. Its mouth at its confluence with
Hondo Creek
Hondo Creek is a tributary of the Frio River in Texas that rises in Bandera County northwest of Tarpley and runs approximately 67 miles to its mouth near Pearsall, Texas. The creek crosses through three counties including Bandera, Medina, and Fr ...
, is seven miles west of
Moore
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in Frio County.
History
Seco Creek was a watering place for travelers on the
San Antonio-El Paso Road including the stagecoach lines like the
San Antonio-El Paso Mail and
San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line.
[Wayne R. Austerman, "SAN ANTONIO-EL PASO MAIL," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eus01), accessed November 22, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.]
See also
*
List of rivers of Texas
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References
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Rivers of Texas
Rivers of Bandera County, Texas
Rivers of Uvalde County, Texas
Bodies of water of Frio County, Texas
Bodies of water of Medina County, Texas
San Antonio–El Paso Road
San Antonio–San Diego Mail Line
Stagecoach stops in the United States