Details for San Felipe Springs
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5465004534
Data
| Marker Number | 4534 |
| Atlas Number | 5465004534 |
| Marker Title | San Felipe Springs |
| Index Entry | San Felipe Springs |
| Address | 1524 E. US 90 |
| City | Del Rio |
| County | Val Verde |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 317193 |
| UTM Northing | 3250777 |
| Subject Codes | roads; water topics |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | San Felipe Springs Golf Course, near Spring #3 between holes 6 and 7. Map dot approximate. |
| Private Property | |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Oasis for explorers, soldiers, freighters--from 1542 onward. In 1675 priests named the 7 Springs for King of Spain. In 18th century Comanches camped here on their war trail into Mexico. In 1808 a mission was established 3 miles downstream, on San Felipe Creek. By 1856-57, Springs were on the 1470-mile San Antonio-to-San Diego mail route and on Chihuahua Road for wagons hauling silver and gold from Mexico to Inidanola, then chief port on Texas Coast. After settlers came in 1864, irrigation "Mother Ditch" was dug; soon Del Rio was founded. (1966) |