Las Moras Creek, a stream in
Kinney and
Maverick
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. Its source is on the northern foot of
Las Moras Mountain, five miles northeast of
Brackettville in Kinney County, at . It runs south southwest for forty miles, through
Las Moras Springs at Brackettville, to its mouth at its confluence with the
Rio Grande, five miles northwest of
Quemado in Maverick County.
"LAS MORAS CREEK (KINNEY COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed January 13, 2014. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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History
The San Antonio-El Paso Road crossed Las Moras Creek at Las Moras Springs, where Fort Clark would be established to guard the route. Later Brackettville would be founded north of the fort on the creek.
See also
*List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers acc ...
References
Tributaries of the Rio Grande
Bodies of water of Maverick County, Texas
Rivers of Kinney County, Texas
San Antonio–El Paso Road
Rivers of Texas
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