The Pecos River, Texas (original) (raw)

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:

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.

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