he impulse to get away from the grind of daily life is not a new one. This circa 1905 means “salty” in Spanish—in his diaries of an expedition led by Captain Domingo Ramón. Prior to that, it had been a favored campsite for Native American tribes since the late Pleistocene era. Salado Creek was also the site of the Battle of Rosillo Creek in 1813 and the Battle of Salado Creek in 1842. But none of that likely mattered to these folks: They probably just wanted to catch a catfish or two for lunch.
