True Tales Legends Lore Of The Pecos River

Download or read book True Tales, Legends & Lore of the Pecos River written by James Collett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-14 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make a crossing of the storied Pecos River. The arid Pecos River Country of Texas is rich with stories, the crooked path of its alkaline waters defining the lives of any who dared venture here. Native peoples, Spanish explorers, soldiers, travelers, cattlemen, wildcatters, and just plain folks, passed by, struggled, sojourned, and perished. From the oldest book in North America to the great rock of the Jumano, their traces remain in the ruins, the records and the earth itself. Native West Texan James Collett catalogues architectural masterpieces, lonely gravestones, fanciful cowboy tales and other bits of history caught in the currents of a legendary river.