Tornillo Creek -- Big Bend NP TX
N 29° 10.647 W 102° 59.946
13R E 694574 N 3229302
WPA writers may have seen water in Tornillo Creek; Blasterz saw it only as a dry wash
Waymark Code: WMV0WJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2017
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The waymark coordinates are for a bridge over Tornillo Creek in Big Bend National Park near the Hot Springs Trail trailhead.
From Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State:
"TORNILLO (screwbean) CREEK is crossed at 60.5 m. On the south side of the ford are peculiar cap rock outcroppings low knolls with fantastic similarity to houses, animals, and other familiar objects."
From the WPA guide we learned that "Tornillo" is Spanish for "screwbean." Learn something new!
Book: Texas
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 624
Year Originally Published: 1940
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