Pecos Canyon

Pecos Canyon
Country United States
Basin features
Main source Val Verde County, Texas
River mouth Devils River
1,722 ft (525 m)

Pecos Canyon, is a tributary of the Devils River in Val Verde County, Texas. It has its source at 30°16′17″N 101°09′13″W / 30.27139°N 101.15361°W / 30.27139; -101.15361, 8.6 miles north northwest of Juno, Texas.[1]

In the 19th century, the place where the Devils River had its confluence with the creek at the mouth of Pecos Canyon was called the Head of Devil's River where the San Antonio-El Paso Road left the Devils River to go northwest, 44 miles across Johnson Draw, Government Canyon and Howard Draw to Howard Spring, then 30.44 miles on to Live Oak Creek and Fort Lancaster, 3 miles further on at the Pecos River.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pecos Canyon
  2. ↑ W. R. Livermore, "Military Map of the Rio Grande Frontier", Crimmins (Martin Lalor) Map Collection, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, 1881, from cah.utexas.edu accessed January 25, 2014

Coordinates: 30°10′42″N 101°05′22″W / 30.17833°N 101.08944°W / 30.17833; -101.08944


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