Information AboutPecos River |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT PECOS RIVER | |
| rio grande basin | |
| rivers of new mexico | |
| rivers of texas | |
| rio grande | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
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The river is dammed at Avalon and McMillan to help irrigate about 25,000 acres (101 km²) as part of the Carlsbad Reclamation Project (established in 1906 ). Texas has also dammed the river at the Red Bluff Dam in the western part of that state to form the Red Bluff Reservoir . The portion of the reservoir that extends into New Mexico forms the lowest point in that state. New Mexico and Texas disputed water rights to the river until the Federal Government settled the dispute in 1949 . In the latter half of the 19th Century , "West of the Pecos" was a reference to the rugged frontiers of the Wild West . SEE ALSO
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