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THE PECOS RIVERTable
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Photo
courtesy
Robert A. Phillips |
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Pecos River meanders 900 miles across New Mexico and Texas
before it flows into the Rio Grande. As soon as it enters Texas from New
Mexico the river is immediately put to work separating Loving and Reeves Counties.
It is impounded at the Red Bluff Dam and is then released to begin its journey
to Seminole Canyon.
Since we've been supplied with such excellent information
we've divided our coverage into seven parts, each reporting on a different
aspect of the river. They are: |
Pecos
River as County Line
River Views
by Brewster Hudspeth
3 Photographs by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp & Denise
Doud
8 photos by Fiddle Blue |
Pecos
River as Recreation
Canoeists Take On Pristine Texas River
by Sandra Billingsley
Article originally published on July 15, 2001 in the San Angelo Standard-Times.
Photographs courtesy of Sandra R. Billingsley and Robert A. Phillips.
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Pecos
River as Folklore
The River as Folklore
by Brewster Hudspeth
Surly
Stranger by Mike
Cox
Texas Ranger J.W. Fulgham and a Reeves County sheriff’s deputy, identified
in the press only by his last name of Lackey, left Pecos, Texas for a ride down
the Pecos River, looking for cattle thieves or fugitives in early September 1893.
Back then, the Pecos was a good place to find either variety of criminal. ...
more
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River as Fragile Eco-system
On a Course with Danger: The Changing Face of the Pecos
River by Greg Harman. Reprinted courtesy of The Odessa American. (Coming soon)
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River as Art Gallery
The Fate Bell Shelter and
The Rock Art Foundation (Coming soon) | |
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