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Cibolo Creek is a stream in South Central Texas that runs approximately 96 miles (154 km) from its source at Turkey Knob (in the Texas Hill Country) near Boerne, Texas, to its confluence with the San Antonio River in Karnes County.
The ranch is situated in the Chinati Mountains of the Chihuahuan Desert, near Shafter, Texas, approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of the Mexico–United States border. [3] [4] It spans 30,000 acres (12,000 ha), and U.S. Route 67 passes through the property. [3] The Cibolo Creek Ranch Airport is located 3.5 mi (5.6 km) northeast of the hotel. [5]
Faver built the first of his three adobe forts, El Fortín del Cíbolo, in 1857, as a defensive measure against Apaches, Comanches, and bandits of all kinds.His ranching empire boasted as many as 20,000 longhorns—some say as many as 100,000—irrigated farms, and herds of sheep and goats, making him the preeminent pioneer rancher of the Big Bend. [1]
El Fortin del Cibolo Historic District: April 6, 1995 : Approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) northwest of Shafter, west of US 67: Shafter: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; now part of Cibolo Creek Ranch: 5: El Paisano Hotel
El Fortin del Cibolo Historic District: April 6, 1995 : Approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) northwest of Shafter, west of US 67: Shafter: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; now part of Cibolo Creek Ranch: 5: El Paisano Hotel
Major arroyos are Alamito Creek, Cibolo Creek, Capote Creek, and Pinto Canyon. San Esteban Dam was built across Alamito Creek about 10 miles (16 km) south of Marfa and on the site of a historic spring-fed tinaja in 1911 as an irrigation and land-promotion project. [40] [41] The reservoir lake is a source of water for irrigation. Tinaja refers ...
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Poindexter acquired Cibolo Creek Ranch in 1990, and operates it as a luxury historical resort. [9] [18] Poindexter started the Tidewater and Big Bend Foundation, dedicated to acquiring, restoring, landscaping and furnishing ante bellum houses and properties in New Kent County, VA, Charles City County, VA and Shafter, TX.