Calaveras Creek
Encyclopedia
Calaveras Creek is a waterway that starts near Martinez, Texas
and runs for fifteen miles to its mouth at the San Antonio River
. It is the source of Calaveras Lake
where it is dammed near Elmendorf
. Calaveras means skulls in Spanish
.
Martinez, Texas
Martinez is an unincorporated community in eastern Bexar County, Texas, United States. It lies near Converse, ten miles east of downtown San Antonio. In 1990 its population was reported to be 75 residents.-References:...
and runs for fifteen miles to its mouth at the San Antonio River
San Antonio River
The San Antonio River is a major waterway that originates in central Texas in a cluster of springs in north central San Antonio, approximately four miles north of downtown, and follows a roughly southeastern path through the state. It eventually feeds into the Guadalupe River about ten miles from...
. It is the source of Calaveras Lake
Calaveras Lake (Texas)
Calaveras Lake is a reservoir on Calaveras Creek, located 20 miles southeast of downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. The reservoir was formed in 1969 by the construction of a dam to provide a cooling pond for a complex of power plants, to supply additional electricity to the city of San Antonio...
where it is dammed near Elmendorf
Elmendorf, Texas
Elmendorf is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio—New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 664 at the 2000 census. Elmendorf is located seventeen miles southeast of San Antonio at the juncture of Farm Road 327 and the Southern Pacific...
. Calaveras means skulls in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
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