Other Useful Sources
- 1846 Journal Account- Southwestern Historical QuarterlyPages 32-33 mention "St. Mark's" and the springs there.
- Water Powers of Texas(1904)Discussion of San Marcos begins on page 36
- Full description of Bishop Doggett's 1877 SM TripFull letter to Richmond Christian Advocate newspaper 9/20/1877 pages 2 and 3
NOTE: Letter begins at far right edge of page under "correspondence" and continues top of the next page.
Note about San Marcos River in Early Accounts
From Handbook of Texas Online sv "San Marcos River"-
The history of the river's name is complicated. In 1689 members of Alonso De León's expedition gave the name San Marcos to the first considerable river east of the Guadalupe, which scholars now believe to have been either the Colorado River or the Navidad River. Later Spanish explorers applied the name San Marcos to the first considerable river beyond the Guadalupe to the north and west-that is, to the present San Marcos River. Domingo Terán de los Ríos, however, is thought in 1691 to have called the San Marcos the San Agustín, and the Marqués de Aguayo in 1719 called it Los Inocentes. The name San Marcos was clearly the most common one applied to the river, however, being used by both Fray Isidro Félix de Espinosa and Fray Antonio de San Buenaventura Olivaresqv in 1709 and by Domingo Ramón in 1716
Articles in Books and Journals
- 1877 Methodist Preacher DescriptionSee full letter from Richmond Christian Advocate (excerpted in the above text)
in box at left. - 1881 description of SpringsThis article also has illustrations of the River
- 1897 Geology of the Edwards Plateau and the Rio Grande Plain adjacent to Austin and San Antonio, Texas, with reference to the occurrence of underground watersUSGS report chapter.
Link to photograph of springs @ San Marcos.
Info about naming
- SWT Thesis (1975) on DartersBrief info about previous studies and the name
- American Darters (1983) Description & BibliographyBrief Entry on Etheostoma Fonticola, including mention that the San Marcos Spring was described as being "like a fountain from a limestone basin" (no footnote to source though)
- 1996 Texas Parks & Wildlife ReportEcosystems recovery plan.
Has good history of the species from 1884-1996
Galveston Daily News Articles re: San Marcos Springs
Jordan & Gilbert bios.
David Starr Jordan & Charles Henry Gilbert are credited with naming the species Etheostoma fonticola (Fountain Darter) in 1886
- 1884 Report of Species (Jordan & Gilbert)Published in 1886, see page 21-23 for description of species in Rio San Marcos.
Page 23 #16 is discussion of the "Alvarius Fonticola" (first part of name later changed to Etheostoma) - 1887 Gilbert DescriptionSee #19 at the bottom of the 3rd page for discussion of the species. Note name change here
