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Turkey Creek (Nueces River tributary)

Coordinates: 28°37′59″N 99°49′36″W / 28.63306°N 99.82667°W / 28.63306; -99.82667
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Turkey Creek, a tributary of the Nueces River with its source in Kinney County, Texas 29°14′32″N 100°06′56″W / 29.24222°N 100.11556°W / 29.24222; -100.11556. It passes through Uvalde and Dimmit Counties to its mouth at Espantosa Lake in Espantosa Slough south of Crystal City in Zavala County, Texas. [1]

History

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Turkey Creek, near Cline, Texas in western Uvalde County,[2] was a watering stop and crossing place on the San Antonio-El Paso Road 9.04 miles west of crossing on the Nueces River and 15.23 miles from its crossing of Elm Creek.[3] From 1871 to the 1881 the Turkey Creek Stage Stop was located near the crossing, run by Celeste Pingenot, who also had a store and saloon there, This became the town of Turkey Creek, then Wallace before being changed to Cline shortly after the Texas and New Orleans Railroad arrived there.[4]

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28°37′59″N 99°49′36″W / 28.63306°N 99.82667°W / 28.63306; -99.82667