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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 11-6-07
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 | 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 | | Frio
River | Guadalupe
River - Feature
River Road, Kerrville-Schreiner
State Park, Guadalupe River State Park, Cascade Cavern, Louise Hays Park, Max
Starcke Park | Llano
River - Feature
7-15-08
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 | 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
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
11-20-07
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...." |
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. 4-10-081935
Flood
11-7-07Brazos
River near Stephen F. Austin State Park
4-3-08Canadian
River 12-27-07Colorado
River near Glen FloraLeon
River in Hamilton CountyMedina
River at Castroville Regional ParkNeches
River and bridges, BeaumontSan
Benito arroyoSan
Marcos River in Fentress, Texas 3-10-08The
San Saba River at Menard's Stock Pens Crossing Park |
Texas
Waters | | Lakes
in Texas | Springs
and Falls Aquarena
Springs, San
Marcos, Texas FeatureBarton
Springs and Zilker Parks,
Austin's Crown Jewel Feature
Colorado Bend State Park,
Six miles of Lake Frontage
FeatureDavy
Crockett Spring,
Crockett, Texas FeatureHamilton
Pool, Hamilton Pool, Westcave Preserve FeatureKrause
Springs, Spicewood,
Texas FeatureMcKinney
Falls State Park,
McKinney Falls FeatureOld
Pueblo Springs, Bronco, Texas Panhandle Pedernales
Falls - Pedernales Falls State Park San
Solomon Springs, Balmorrhea State Park, West Texas FeatureSoda
Springs, North end of Soda Lake"The
Eyes of Father Margil" - Twin springs on LaNana CreekTinaja,
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)
| Arroyo,
Bayous & Creeks
Alligator
Creek : Bell CountyArroyo
Colorado : Harlingen, Texas 4-10-08Arroyo
Colorado : Mercedes, Texas 4-10-08Bear
Creek : Kimble CountyBull
Creek : Austin Texas
Feature
7-15-08Burnt
Boot Creek : near Devine, TexasCalf
CreekCibolo
Creek Park : Boerne,
TexasCowhouse
Creek : Pottsville, TexasDixon
Creek : near Borger,
TexasOnion
Creek : Hays County
4-23-08Pecan
Bayou : Burkett, Texas
4-14-08Pederson
Creek : McLean,
TexasPerdido
Creek : Fannin,
Texas 3-20-08Rancho
ViejoSalado
: W.A. Pace Park, Salado Creek FeatureSouth
Prong Creek : Sabine
CountyWoman
Hollering Creek
Feature | | Texas
State Parks - Texas State parks, forest, and nearby towns. |
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Bridges | |
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