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The Pecos River (/ ˈ p eɪ k ə s / PAY-kəs [4]) (Spanish: Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande.Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet (3,700 m). [5]
The Pecos War, also known as the War of the Pecos and the Chisum War, was a range war fought by cattle baron John Chisum against neighboring small ranchers, farmers, and Native Americans from 1876-1877 along the Pecos River in New Mexico. [2]
Ultimately, Chisum, with Pecos Valley rancher Joseph C. Lea, and James Dolan sought somebody capable of hunting down the Kid and either arresting or killing him. In 1880, they persuaded Pat Garrett (1850–1908), a former buffalo hunter and cowboy, reformed part-time rustler, small rancher, and Bonney / Billy the Kid's one-time earlier friend ...
Mar. 4—Residents who fiercely oppose a proposed development on Old Pecos Trail presented their arguments Monday in state District Court against the city of Santa Fe's decision to rezone the ...
The case involving access to the Pecos River is the first brought after the state Supreme Court in 2022 settled a long-simmering dispute over whether boaters and anglers had a right to access ...
[4] [5] The trail continued north to cross the Pecos River in the vicinity of Horsehead Crossing, [6] bending northeast to the area of Odessa and Big Spring, Texas. [7] [8] From there the Comanche Trail ran east past the Caprock Escarpment and on across the Llano Estacado by two separate routes.
Apr. 14—American Rivers, a Washington, D.C.-based conservation organization, ranked the Pecos River No. 5 in its new report on the nation's most endangered waterways — largely due to the ...
The Pecos River — a tributary of the Rio Grande in West Texas. Pages in category "Pecos River" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.