Gillis Springs, formerly Willow Spring, is a historical spring, two miles, (3 km) northwest of California Spring in Val Verde County, Texas.[1]
Willow Spring was 16.39 miles, (26 km), south of Fort Hudson and the second crossing of the Devils River on the San Antonio-El Paso Road. It was the last water for travelers from the east on the road before Dead Mans Pass.[2][3] The water of Gillis Springs, that flowed out of the Boquillas limestone, dried up in recent times.[2]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gillis Springs
- ^ a b Gunnar M. Brune, Springs of Texas, Volume 1, Texas A&M University Press, 2002, p.455
- ^ Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859, Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, Texas
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