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Cibolo Creek Ranch is a historic place in Presidio County, Texas, United States. Established as a cattle ranch prior to the Civil War , it has been used in modern times for hunting and a shooting location for the movie industry.
Also known in his time by the honorary title, don Melitón, he founded Cibolo Creek Ranch halfway between Marfa and Presidio, Texas in 1857. He was one of the earliest Texas trail drivers, driving his cattle to market in New Orleans in the 1850s and to other markets later. [ 1 ]
El Fortin del Cibolo Historic District: 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: 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 ...
These historic properties and districts in the state of Texas are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Properties and/or districts are listed in most of Texas's 254 counties . The tables linked below are intended to provide a complete list of properties and districts listed in each county.
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.
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.