Glenn Springs, Texas
Glenn Springs, Texas | |
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 Topo Map of Glenn Springs, Texas | |
| Nickname(s): Glenn Spring, Texas | |
  Glenn Springs, Texas Location within Texas  Glenn Springs, Texas Glenn Springs, Texas (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 29°09′40″N 103°08′51″W / 29.16111°N 103.14750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Brewster |
| Elevation | 2,447 ft (746 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 79834 |
| Area code | 432 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2034866 |
Glenn Springs is an uninhabited place in the state of Texas, United States, which is of historical importance.[1] The Glenn Springs area was a natural spring providing water for Apache and Kiowa routing.
The rural settlement is located 11 miles (16 kilometers) south-southeast of the Panther Junction visitor center in what is now the Big Bend National Park, and is accessible only by high-clearance vehicle.[2] The National Park Service maintains a back-country campground at Glenn Springs.[3]
Military occupation
[edit]Glenn Springs was a military encampment, which was attacked by the troops of the Mexican General Pancho Villa on 5 May 1916, killing one civilian, three U.S. Army soldiers, and wounding several other troops.[4] The Glenn Springs Raid came 57 days after the famous attack on Columbus, New Mexico.
Wax Camp
[edit]During the Spanish Texas era, candelilla was harvested in the Big Bend and Chisos Mountains region of the Trans-Pecos.[5] The wax plant provided a malleable solid for candles used by the Spanish missions in Texas fulfilling the Franciscan and Jesuit orders.[6]
In 1914, W.K. Ellis and C.D. Wood established a wax factory on the embankment of Glenn Springs employing a population in the mountainous Chihuahuan Desert region. By 1916, the candelillero factory consisted of a boiler room with tall smoke stacks, six large extraction vats, and a water storage system for the production of candelilla wax.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Kohout, Martin Donell. "Glenn Springs, Tx". TSHA Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ National Park Service March 2000
- ^ "Primitive Roadside Campsites — Glenn Springs". U.S. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ Kohout, Martin Donell. "Glenn Springs Raid". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ Maxwell, Ross A. "Natural Uses Of Plant Life - Vegetation" [The Big Bend of The Rio Grande]. U.S. National Park Service - Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. The University of Texas at Austin. ISSN 0363-4132. OCLC 454903. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ Wright, O.M.I., Robert E. "Spanish Missions". TSHA Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "Wax, Men, and Money: Candelilla Wax Camps along the Rio Grande". Texas Beyond History. University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
External links
[edit]- United States Geological Survey. Glenn Spring, TX quadrangle, Glenn Spring, Texas (Topographic map). Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey – via TopoQuest.
- "Glenn Springs". National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
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