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The San Marcos River rises from Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, Texas. The springs are home to several threatened or endangered species, including the Texas Blind Salamander, Fountain Darter, and Texas Wild Rice. The river is a popular recreational area, and is frequented for tubing, canoeing, swimming, and fishing. San Marcos is a city located in Texas, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 34,733. ...
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The river begins at Aquarena Springs, rising from the Edwards Aquifer into Spring Lake. Access to much of the headwaters is restricted due to the delicate ecosystem and numerous rare species. The upper river flows through Southwest Texas State University and San Marcos, and is a popular recreational area. It is joined by the Blanco River after four miles, passes through Luling and near Gonzales flows into the Guadalupe River after a total of seventy-five miles. This course is the first section of the Texas Water Safari. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Texas State University-San Marcos is a doctoral granting university located in the burgeoning Austin-San Antonio corridor, the largest campus in the Texas State University System, and the 6th largest in the state. ...
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Gonzales is a city located in Gonzales County, Texas. ...
Guadalupe River is the name of several rivers in the world. ...
The Texas Water Safari, billed as the Worlds Toughest Boat Race, is a trek down waterways from San Marcos, Texas to Seadrift, Texas. ...
History The history and naming of the river is somewhat unclear. It may have been discovered by Alonso De León's expedition in 1689, but some scholars believe they instead had found the Colorado or Navidad rivers. The convention came to call the first sizeable river beyond the Guadalupe. However, at the time, the Comal was often called the Guadalupe, and part of the Guadalupe often called San Ybón. In 1808, the Spanish established San Marcos de Neve, just south of present-day San Marcos. They had friendly relations with the Tonkawa indians, but the hostile Comanche tribe forced them to leave in 1812. The San Marcos River Bridge near Gonzales was featured in Secondhand Lions. Colorado River in the Grand Canyon from Desert View For other uses, see Colorado River (disambiguation). ...
The Tonkawa are a people native to eastern Texas. ...
The Comanche Nation is a Native American group of approximately 10,000 members, about half of whom live in Oklahoma and the remainder concentrated in Texas, California, and New Mexico. ...
Secondhand Lions is a 2003 film, starring Haley Joel Osmet, Micheal Caine, and Robert Duvall. ...
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