California Creek, formerly Painted Cave Spring CreekThe Burr G. Duval Diary, edited by Sam Woolford, The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, H. Bailey Carroll, editor, Journal/Magazine/Newsletter, 1962, Texas State Historical Association, 1962, p.495; from texashistory.unt.edu: accessed January 21, 2014, University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, Texas. is a stream in Val Verde County, Texas, and was formerly a tributary of Devils River. It now flows into the north side of Amistad Reservoir at an elevation of 1119 feet. California Creek has its source at .
California Creek was the route of the San Antonio-El Paso Road followed northwest from Painted Caves to the point that the trail diverted to the upper Evans Creek and California Spring.W. R. Livermore, Military Map of the Rio Grande Frontier, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, 1881 from cah.utexas.edu accessed January 21, 2014
See also List of rivers of Texas
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