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Converse is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of downtown San Antonio. As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 27,466. [ 6 ] It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan statistical area .
The Battle of Rosillo Creek (called the Battle of Salado Creek at the time) started as a siege of Presidio La Bahía from November 7, 1812, to February 19, 1813, for the purpose of trying to recapture the fort after the Republican Army of the North under Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara and Samuel Kemper, numbered at 600 to 900 men, had taken over.
The Escondido River (Río Escondido in Spanish, sometimes called Arroyo Río Escondido [4]) is a stream in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, and is a tributary of the Rio Grande. The Escondido enters the Rio Grande ( Rio Bravo del Norte in Mexico) at Rio Grande river kilometer 794 kilometres (493 mi), about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) downriver from ...
The 750-acre Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve is a family hike through an ecological preserve. The Way Up trail climbs up to 1200 ft elevation and has many tributary trails. The Escondido Creek marks the trailhead. The main trail is 1.6 miles long and meanders up a wall then leads up to numerous trails of varying difficulties.
The Escondido Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Pecos County, Texas. [4] It was the fifth designated wine area in the state of Texas , and covers an area of over 32,000 acres (129 km 2 ). [ 3 ]
Rancho Guejito (pronounced wa-hee-to) [1] is a 13,299-acre (54 km 2) Mexican land grant in Southern California, approximately seven miles east of Escondido.The ranch has expanded to a total of 22,359 acres through its purchases of adjacent land. [2]
The Big Creek project was placed in service in 1952 at about $7,000,000 including land, dams, a pumphouse, a reservoir, and pipelines. Construction required two years. [3] The Big Creek impoundment was named J. B. Converse Reservoir in 1987, but is commonly referred to as "Big Creek Lake".
The following figures are as of October 1, 2009. [3]Total District Enrollment: 1,677; Student enrollment by gender. Male: 858 (51.16%) Female: 819 (48.84%) Student enrollment by ethnicity