SALT PRONG OF HUBBARD CREEK SALT PRONG OF HUBBARD CREEK. The
Salt Prong of Hubbard Creek rises in south central Shackelford
County (at 32°35' N, 99°27' W) and flows northeast twenty miles
to its mouth on Hubbard Creek (at 32°44' N, 99°08' W). At the
mouth, the terrain consists of resistant ledges and low cuestas
with shallow, stony soil that supports live oak, juniper, and
grasses. Farther north, rolling hills with scrub brush,
mesquite, cacti, and grasses line the clay and sandy loam creek
bed. The stream is dammed eight miles south of Albany to form
Lake McCarty, a municipal lake with a capacity of 2,600 acre-
feet, and flows through the former site of the Ledbetter Salt
Works. The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style,
15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Shirley
Williams, "SALT PRONG OF HUBBARD CREEK," Handbook of Texas
Online
(http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbs35),
accessed May 24, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical
Association.