Details for Salado Creek

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5027004493

Data

Marker Number 4493
Atlas Number 5027004493
Marker Title Salado Creek
Index Entry Salado Creek
Address 300 S. Main Street
City Salado
County Bell
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 639721
UTM Northing 3424226
Subject Codes water topics; Native Americans
Marker Year 1967
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location south end of Salado Bridge on Main St., Salado.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Gushing limestone springs, abundant fish, flowers, and trees have long made the banks of Salado Creek a good home site. Indians camped beside stream; Spanish explorers named it; the first Anglo-American settler was Archibald Willingham, 1851. College and town of Salado were built on creek, 1860. Stream once had 8 mills, thus was county industrial center. Chisholm Cattle Trail crossed it, as did Dallas-San Antonio Stage Line. The 35-mile creek is one of many which rise at the Balcones Fault--an outstanding North American region of springs. Recorded Texas Natural Landmark - 1967