Pinto Creek (Texas)

Pinto Creek, formerly known as Piedra Pinto Creek, a tributary to the Rio Grande in Kinney County, Texas. It has its source, at .

History The San Antonio-El Paso Road crossed Piedra Pinto Creek west of Fort Clarke. The crossing was east of Maverick Creek and east of San Felipe Springs. 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 Teamsters, and other travelers and the San Antonio-El Paso Mail and San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line used this crossing as a water stop.

See also List of rivers of Texas

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