valley on the west bank of the Pecos River at the eastern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas and just south of New Mexico's...
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in 1875. It is named for the Pecos River. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. Archeological digs at Tunas...
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The Pecos River (/ˈpeɪkəs/ PAY-kəs) (Spanish: Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its...
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According to the legend, Pecos Bill was born in Texas in the 1830s (or 1845 in some versions, the year of Texas's statehood). Pecos Bill's family decided...
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20th century. The Texas and Pacific Railway built through Reeves County in 1881, with stations at Pecos and Toyah. By 1890, the Pecos River Railway had...
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is often called "Far West Texas" or the "Trans-Pecos", a term introduced in 1887 by geologist Robert T. Hill. The Trans-Pecos lies within the Chihuahuan...
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2014). ""The Shit Show" – The Pecos League and Reality TV". Indy Ball Island. Retrieved September 25, 2022. "Independent Pecos League also will play in Las...
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Trans-Pecos, as originally defined in 1887 by the Texas geologist Robert T. Hill, is the distinct portion of Texas that lies west of the Pecos River....
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area has to be imported from Kermit or Pecos, Texas, due to the groundwater in the area containing gypsum; the Pecos River was previously used for water...
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The Big Bend is part of the Trans-Pecos region in southwestern Texas, United States along the border with Mexico, north of the prominent bend in the Rio...
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