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    The 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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    of the Pecos River 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...
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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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    organized 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...
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    The Trans-Pecos rat snake or Davis Mountain rat snake (Bogertophis subocularis), is a species of medium to large, nonvenomous rat snake in the family...
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  • The Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field is a volcanic field located in western Texas in the counties of Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio, and extends into northern...
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    Trans-Pecos copperhead, western copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster was formerly a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the Trans-Pecos region...
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    several regions with distinctly different climates: Northern Plains, Trans-Pecos Region, Texas Hill Country, Piney Woods, and South Texas. Generally speaking...
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    Missouri Trans-Pecos copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster Gloyd & Conant, 1943 Broad-banded copperhead Agkistrodon laticinctus The Trans-Pecos region...
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  • Look up Pecos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pecos may refer to: Pecos River, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States Pecos, Texas, a city...
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    Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Texas in the Permian Basin and Trans-Pecos areas (excluding the El Paso metropolitan area), including the cities...
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    The Trans-Pecos striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornatus heptagrammus) is a subspecies of the little striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornatus) lizard...
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    Texas, west of the Pecos River, beginning with the Davis Mountains on the east and the Rio Grande to its west and south. The Trans-Pecos region is the only...
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  • the Pecos may refer to: Trans-Pecos, the area of West Texas that is west of the Pecos River West of the Pecos Museum, Pecos, Texas West of the Pecos Rodeo...
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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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    Plateau, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west (the Trans-Pecos), and grassland prairie in the north, also known as the Panhandle. The...
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    commemorate its 100th anniversary. Trans-Mississippi Department Trans-Pecos Manifest Destiny Kvasnicka, R.M. (1997) The Trans-Mississippi West, 1804-1912. Washington...
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    one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. Reeves County comprises the Pecos micropolitan statistical area. Prehistoric...
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    into the Mesilla Valley, and southeast along the Rio Grande into the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. The fourth subregion Meinig calls the "Northern Corridor...
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    located in the Trans-Pecos region of far-west Texas which exceed Mount Magazine in elevation and prominence, although the Trans-Pecos region lies so far...
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    they lived east of the mountains and the Pecos River, on the High Plains from the Texas Panhandle to the Pecos Valley, between Amarillo (Bighą́ą́’ gułga-yá...
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    Marfa is a city in the high desert of the Trans-Pecos in far West Texas, United States, between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park, at an...
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    grass-leaved goldenrods, 5 species native to North America Gundlachia triantha, Trans-Pecos desert goldenrod Lorandersonia microcephala, small-headed heath goldenrod...
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    Murray (synonym C. mexicana) – northeastern Mexico, southwestern Texas (Trans-Pecos), southeastern New Mexico Cercis canadensis subsp. texensis (S.Watson)...
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    U.S. Route 62 (US 62) is a US highway that runs from the Mexico–US border at El Paso, TX to the Canada-US border at Niagara Falls, NY. In Texas, the highway...
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    height and stark outline have made it one of the iconic images of the Trans-Pecos to generations of travelers. El Capitan is the southernmost peak of the...
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    Weatherford and Fort Worth. The entire section of US 180 through the Trans-Pecos region is concurrent with other highways. US 180 enters into Texas from...
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    Brewster County, Texas (category Trans-Pecos)
    only city) is Alpine. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region, and borders Mexico. Brewster County is the largest county by...
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    Terrell County, Texas (category Trans-Pecos)
    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 McCarthy's novel No...
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    divisions in Austin, Del Rio, El Paso, Midland, Pecos, and Waco. It has jurisdiction in over 50 Trans-Pecos, Permian Basin, and Hill Country counties of...
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