The county was created in 1871 and organized in 1875. It is named for the Pecos River. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region...
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Railway built through Reeves County in 1881, with stations at Pecos and Toyah. By 1890, the Pecos River Railway had built from Pecos to New Mexico. Toyahvale...
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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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County, Texas, United States Pecos County, Texas, named for the Pecos River Pecos Spring, a spring Pecos, New Mexico, a village, United States Pecos National...
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in the 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...
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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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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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When O'Reilly died in 1946, Warren began a strip titled Pecos Pete. This was a story about "Pecos Bill", who had received a "lump on the naggan" that caused...
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Wyoming. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the Trans-Pecos and most of the Panhandle. The county was abolished when Texas ceded its western...
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Imperial, Texas (redirect from Imperial, Pecos County, Texas)
1053, four miles south of the Pecos River and approximately 30 miles northeast of Fort Stockton in northern Pecos County. According to the United States...
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Sanderson, Texas (category Census-designated places in Terrell County, Texas)
Sanderson was created in 1882 as a part of neighboring Pecos County. It became the seat of Terrell County in 1905. Sanderson was founded in 1882. It was a division...
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Fort Stockton, Texas (category Cities in Pecos County, Texas)
Fort Stockton is a city in and the county seat of Pecos County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 10, future Interstate 14, U.S. Highways...
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Roy Bean (redirect from The Law West of the Pecos)
saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos". According to legend, he held court in his...
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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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Alexander W. Terrell, a Texas state senator. Terrell County is one of the nine counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. It is the setting for Cormac...
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List of high schools in Texas (section Pecos County)
Rivercrest High School, Bogata Balmorhea High School, Balmorhea Pecos High School, Pecos Austwell-Tivoli High School, Tivoli Refugio High School, Refugio...
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section of Crockett County to reach the Pecos River. 1684, May 22 - Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and his expedition cross the Pecos River and camp at San...
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parts of San Miguel County, partly because Pecos is within commuting distance of Santa Fe. The village is built along the Pecos River, which flows from...
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Fort Stockton–Pecos County Airport (IATA: FST, ICAO: KFST) is two miles NW of Fort Stockton, Texas; it is owned and operated by Pecos County, Texas. The...
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Sierra Madera crater (category Landforms of Pecos County, Texas)
Meteor Crater Marquez crater Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona Trans-Pecos Pecos River Llano Estacado "SierraMadera". Earth Impact Database. Planetary...
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Sheffield, Texas (category Unincorporated communities in Pecos County, Texas)
Sherwood area of Irion County to the Pecos River and camped at Pecos in the spring of 1886. Smith made several trips to Pecos County and eventually relocated...
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Pecos Pueblo also known as Cicuye Pueblo, a Native American community abandoned in historic times. First a state monument in 1935, it was made Pecos National...
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Echo Burning (redirect from Echo County)
procured for her. Assisted and also manipulated by Hack Walker, the Pecos County district attorney and an old friend of Sloop's, Jack and Alice discover...
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Iraan, Texas (category Cities in Pecos County, Texas)
Iraan (/ˌaɪrəˈæn/ EYE-rə-AN) is a city in Pecos County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,055 at the 2020 census. The city's name is an amalgamation...
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Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District is a public school district based in Pecos, Texas, United States. In addition to Pecos, the district serves...
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Coyanosa Draw is a river in Pecos County and Reeves County Texas, with part of it running adjacent to Coyanosa. It is 28 miles north west of Fort Stockton...
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Tunas Peak, also known as Squawteat Peak, is a breast-shaped hill in Pecos County, Texas. Archaeological features found at Tunas Peak include tipi rings...
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Coyanosa, Texas (category Census-designated places in Pecos County, Texas)
Coyanosa is an unincorporated desert village in Pecos County, located in the Permian Basin in West Texas, United States. Its population was 155 at the...
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Pecos Valley Railroad arrived in Eddy, from Pecos, Texas. Crops of cotton and alfalfa (which were found to be the perfect crops for the Eddy County area)...
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Interstate 10 in Texas (category Transportation in Pecos County, Texas)
rural and sparsely inhabited parts of the United States, notably the Trans-Pecos Region, it has several unique features that differentiate it from other...
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