~terry
Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (08:39)
seed
Barton Springs is Austins' great watering hole. Year round cool water in an
enormous pool in the middle of town. This community is named for Barton Springs partly,
although the name is also partly a play on the WELL.
~terry
Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (08:40)
#1
Did you know that Barton Springs is the fourth largest
spring in Texas? It's behind Comal, San Marcos, and
San Felipe springs. It was called Zilker Springs in
the past.
Issuing through a fault in the Edwards and associated
limestones, they are a chain of large artesian springs
extending from Del Rio to Belton in the Balcones fault
zone.
An old commanche indian trail from Bandera county to
Nacogdoches (can you say that, dare you!) passed Barton
Springs. They were a popular gathering place for
Tonkawa, Apache, and Commanche indians and for their
ancestors for thousands of years before that.
Three Spanish missions were located at the springs from
1730 to 1731. In 1839 the five commissioners named to
select a site for the capital of Texas described the
springs as "perhaps the greatest and the most
convenitient water power to found in the Republic"
In 1837 William Barton settled at the springs naming
two of them for his daughters. A gristmill was built.
(to be continued)
~legaffe
Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (17:50)
#2
Really, tell us more!
~terry
Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (18:43)
#3
I'll be posting more!
~aschuth
Tue, May 11, 1999 (09:25)
#4
Well, guess you never got around to do it. What kind of water is that? Fresh sweet water?
In my area, we have a lot of salty and even sulfuric springs, some are even really warm, some are cold. Definitely mineral waters! (I think I posted more on this somewhere else, only forgot where...)
~terry
Tue, May 11, 1999 (15:25)
#5
Fresh and very sweet.
~aschuth
Tue, May 18, 1999 (11:17)
#6
Does Austin area have any salty or other mineral springs?
~KitchenManager
Tue, May 18, 1999 (19:28)
#7
not exactly...
~aschuth
Thu, Jun 10, 1999 (10:51)
#8
...?