Hondo Creek, the Glossary
Hondo Creek is a tributary of the Frio River in Texas that rises in Bandera County northwest of Tarpley and runs approximately 67 miles to its mouth near Pearsall, Texas.[1]
Table of Contents
36 relations: Adrián Woll, Artillery battery, Bandera County, Texas, Cattle raiding, Clay, Frio County, Texas, Frio River, Gray redhorse, John Coffee Hays, Juniperus ashei, Largemouth bass, Limestone, Lipan Apache people, List of rivers of Texas, Live oak, Loam, Mathew Caldwell, Medina County, Texas, Mesquite, Mexico, Pearsall, Texas, Redear sunfish, Republic of Texas, Salado Creek, San Antonio, Sand, Spanish language, Tarpley, Texas, Texas, Texas cichlid, Texas Hill Country, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Revolution, Texas–Indian wars, Tributary, United States.
- Mexican invasions of 1842
Adrián Woll
Adrián Woll (December 2, 1795 – February 1875) was a French Mexican general in the army of Mexico during the Texas Revolution and the military conflict between Mexico and the Republic of Texas which followed. Hondo Creek and Adrián Woll are Mexican invasions of 1842.
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Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.
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Bandera County, Texas
Bandera County (Spanish: "flag") is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Cattle raiding
Cattle raiding is the act of stealing live cattle, often several or many at once.
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Clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).
Frio County, Texas
Frio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Frio River
The Frio River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. Hondo Creek and Frio River are rivers of Texas.
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Gray redhorse
The gray redhorse (Moxostoma congestum) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae.
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John Coffee Hays
John Coffee "Jack" Hays (January 28, 1817 – April 21, 1883) was an American military officer.
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Juniperus ashei
Juniperus ashei (Ashe juniper, mountain cedar, blueberry juniper, post cedar, or just cedar) is a drought-tolerant evergreen tree, native from northeastern Mexico and the south-central United States to southern Missouri.
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Largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) is a carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico.
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Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Lipan Apache people
Lipan Apache are a band of Apache, a Southern Athabaskan Indigenous people, who have lived in the Southwest and Southern Plains for centuries.
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List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Hondo Creek and list of rivers of Texas are rivers of Texas.
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Live oak
Live oak or evergreen oak is any of a number of oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that share the characteristic of evergreen foliage.
Loam
Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size >), silt (particle size >), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size These proportions can vary to a degree, however, and result in different types of loam soils: sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, and loam.
Mathew Caldwell
Matthew Caldwell, (March 8, 1798 – December 28, 1842), also spelled Mathew Caldwell was a 19th-century Texas settler, military figure, Captain of the Gonzales – Seguin Rangers and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
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Medina County, Texas
Medina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Mesquite
Mesquite is a common name for several plants in the genus Prosopis, which contains over 40 species of small leguminous trees.
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Pearsall, Texas
Pearsall is a city in and the county seat of Frio County, Texas, United States.
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Redear sunfish
The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish and sun perch) is a freshwater fish in the family Centrarchidae and is native to the southeastern United States. Since it is a popular sport fish, it has been introduced to bodies of water all over North America.
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Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas (República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a breakaway state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846.
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Salado Creek
Salado Creek is a waterway in San Antonio that runs from northern Bexar County for about to the San Antonio River near Buena Vista. Hondo Creek and Salado Creek are rivers of Texas.
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San Antonio
San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.
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Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.
Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Tarpley, Texas
Tarpley is an unincorporated community in Bandera County, Texas, United States.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
Texas cichlid
The Texas cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus), also known as the Rio Grande cichlid, is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family, and the only cichlid species that is native to the United States.
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Texas Hill Country
The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) is a Texas state agency that oversees and protects wildlife and their habitats.
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Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas.
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Texas–Indian wars
The Texas–Indian wars were a series of conflicts between settlers in Texas and the Southern Plains Indians during the 19th-century.
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Tributary
A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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See also
Mexican invasions of 1842
- Adrián Woll
- Antonio Canales Rosillo
- Battle of the Salado
- Dawson massacre
- Hondo Creek
- Jacob Snively
- Mier expedition
- Ráfael Vásquez (general)
- Vázquez's expedition to Texas