Topic 24 of 71: Barton Springs
Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (09:39) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Barton Springs is Austins' great watering hole. Year round cool water in an
enormous pool in the middle of town. This community is named for Barton Springs partly,
although the name is also partly a play on the WELL.
10 responses total.
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 1 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (09:40) * 26 lines
Did you know that Barton Springs is the fourth largest
spring in Texas? It's behind Comal, San Marcos, and
San Felipe springs. It was called Zilker Springs in
the past.
Issuing through a fault in the Edwards and associated
limestones, they are a chain of large artesian springs
extending from Del Rio to Belton in the Balcones fault
zone.
An old commanche indian trail from Bandera county to
Nacogdoches (can you say that, dare you!) passed Barton
Springs. They were a popular gathering place for
Tonkawa, Apache, and Commanche indians and for their
ancestors for thousands of years before that.
Three Spanish missions were located at the springs from
1730 to 1731. In 1839 the five commissioners named to
select a site for the capital of Texas described the
springs as "perhaps the greatest and the most
convenitient water power to found in the Republic"
In 1837 William Barton settled at the springs naming
two of them for his daughters. A gristmill was built.
(to be continued)
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 2 of 10: George Frimpter (legaffe) * Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (18:50) * 1 lines
Really, tell us more!
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 3 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Nov 8, 1997 (19:43) * 1 lines
I'll be posting more!
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 4 of 10: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, May 11, 1999 (10:25) * 3 lines
Well, guess you never got around to do it. What kind of water is that? Fresh sweet water?
In my area, we have a lot of salty and even sulfuric springs, some are even really warm, some are cold. Definitely mineral waters! (I think I posted more on this somewhere else, only forgot where...)
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 5 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, May 11, 1999 (16:25) * 2 lines
Fresh and very sweet.
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 6 of 10: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, May 18, 1999 (12:17) * 1 lines
Does Austin area have any salty or other mineral springs?
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 7 of 10: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, May 18, 1999 (20:28) * 1 lines
not exactly...
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 8 of 10: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Jun 10, 1999 (11:51) * 1 lines
...?
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 9 of 10: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Mar 8, 2005 (07:18) * 29 lines
Some news by way of SOS - Save Our Springs
MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH AUSTIN AQUATICS STAFF RE: FREE SWIM HOURS
City aquatics department staff and Barton Springs Pool managers will meet
with interested swimmers this Wednesday, March 9th, from 6:30-7:30PM in
the Splash! exhibit at Barton Springs to discuss possible changes to the
nightly free swim (currently 9-10PM). Bring your thoughts on how the City
should manage a free swim time period.
Barton Springs will be closed for cleaning until this Saturday, when
normal hours will resume. Admission charge of $3 also goes into effect on
the 12th, although free swim will be available from 5-8AM and from
9-10PM.
There's still time to help city biologists clean and restore habitat for
the endangered Barton Springs salamander, and they need your help! If you
can help out this week, call Laurie Dries, PhD, at 974-6340
or email Laurie Dries PhD
SCREENING OF NEW FILM "BARTON SPRINGS STORIES" THURSDAY NIGHT AT
BARTON SPRINGS
Barton Springs Stories, a compilation of interviews with folks who love
the Springs and wanted to share their fondest memories, will be shown
this Thursday, March 10th, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Barton Springs
Bathhouse, in the Sheffield Education Center, in Zilker Park. The event
is free of charge. Call 481-1466 or 478-3170 with any questions.
Topic 24 of 71 [austin]: Barton Springs
Response 10 of 10: Dorothy Epp (dot) * Fri, Sep 23, 2005 (16:25) * 1 lines
They're having an SOS thingy during Austin City Limits Festival.
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