Leon_Creek

Leon Creek

Leon Creek

River in Texas, United States

Leon Creek is a tributary stream of the Medina River, in Bexar County, Texas.[1]

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Leon Creek has its source seven miles northeast of Leon Springs in northwestern Bexar County. The creek runs southeast through Leon Valley and the west side of the city of San Antonio to its mouth on the Medina River, just west of Cassin and twelve miles south of downtown San Antonio.[1][2][3]

Leon 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.[4][5]

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References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leon Creek
  2. [2]
    "LEON CREEK (BEXAR COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbl39), accessed November 24, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
  3. [3]
    Minnie B. Cameron, "CASSIN, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrc30), accessed November 24, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
  4. [4]
    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
  5. [5]
    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.
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