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  2. Pecos Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    The first known occupation of the Pecos Wilderness began in 1598 with the colonization by Spain. During the next 200 years, they would push into the fertile lands that flanked the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range. New Mexico was annexed to the United States following the Mexican war of 1846. In 1875 mineral prospecting began.

  3. Sumner Lake State Park - Wikipedia

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    Sumner Lake State Park is a state park in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States, located on the eastern plains about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Fort Sumner.. The park features a large 4,500-acre (18 km 2) reservoir on the Pecos River, created in 1939 by the Sumner Dam of the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

  4. Bottomless Lakes State Park - Wikipedia

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    Bottomless Lakes State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of New Mexico, located along the Pecos River, about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Roswell. Established in 1933, it was the first state park in New Mexico. [2] It takes its name from nine small, deep lakes located along the eastern escarpment of the Pecos River valley.

  5. Pecos, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Pecos is a village in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,392 at the 2010 census, shrinking slower than other parts of San Miguel County, partly because Pecos is within commuting distance of Santa Fe. [4] The village is built along the Pecos River, which flows from the north out of the Santa Fe National Forest.

  6. Villanueva State Park - Wikipedia

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    The park is located southwest of the town of Las Vegas, 35 miles (56 km) New Mexico. [4] While on the lookout trails of Villanueva State Park, one can view the Pecos River. Water in the Pecos River south headed to Villanueva State Park, there are showed signs of base metals and mercury. Elevated levels of copper, lead, and zinc. [5]

  7. Campsite near Pecos named one of the most haunted in ... - AOL

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    Oct. 30—TERRERO — As the sun sinks over the Holy Ghost Campground some 15 miles north of Pecos, it's easy to see how it got its name. There is a haunted beauty to the campsite, and as dusk ...

  8. List of New Mexico state parks - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of state parks and reserves in the New Mexico state park system. The system began with the establishment of Bottomless Lakes State Park on November 18, 1933. [1] New Mexico currently has 35 state parks. It has been calculated that 70% of the state's population lives within 40 miles (64 km) of a New Mexico state park. [2]

  9. Salt Creek Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    Salt Creek Wilderness is a designated Wilderness Area located on the Pecos River approximately 12 miles north-east of Roswell, New Mexico. Established in 1970 within the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, the 9,621 acre Wilderness is administered by the U. S Fish and Wildlife Service. Combining the scrub lands of the Chihuahuan Desert with ...

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