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The 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:
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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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