return to handbook view

TORDILLA MOUND, TEXAS. Tordilla Mound was a post office in Atascosa County from August 4, 1858, to April 15, 1859. It was probably a stage stop on the San Patricio Trail^qv near Tordilla Hill and the natural water hole at Rock Spring, where ruins of two old stone buildings were found in 1963.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Robert H. Thonhoff, History of Karnes County (M.A. thesis, Southwest Texas State College, 1963).

Robert H. Thonhoff

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.

Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/hvt47.html (accessed December 1, 2008).

(NOTE: "s.v." stands for sub verbo, "under the word.")

The Handbook of Texas Online is a project of the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tshaonline.org).

Copyright ©, The Texas State Historical Association, 1997-2002
Last Updated: January 18, 2008
Please send us your comments.