Calaveras Creek

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Calaveras Creek is a waterway that starts near Martinez, Texas and runs for fifteen miles to its mouth at the San Antonio River. It is the source of Calaveras Lake where it is dammed near Elmendorf. [1] Calaveras means skulls in Spanish.

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References

  1. Texas Handbook Online June 6, 2001.

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