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The '''Pecos River''' rises in the [[Sangre de Cristo]] Mountains, and runs for 900 miles across [[New Mexico]] and [[Texas]], mostly paralleling the [[Rio Grande]] before finally joining it at the Amistad National Recreation Area. The river is an important source of [[irrigation]] for farmland in the state of [[New Mexico]], where water conservation practices are overseen by the [[United States Bureau of Reclamation]].

The '''Pecos River''' rises in the [[Sangre de Cristo]] Mountains, and runs for 900 miles across [[New Mexico]] and [[Texas]], mostly paralleling the [[Rio Grande]] before finally joining it at the Amistad National Recreation Area. The river is an important source of [[irrigation]] for farmland in the state of [[New Mexico]], where water conservation practices are overseen by the [[United States Bureau of Reclamation]].

In the mid-19th century, rancher and land baron [[Milton Faver]] became the "first cattle king west of the Pecos."

In the mid-19th century, rancher and land baron [[Milton Faver]] became the "first cattle king west of the Pecos."<ref>John MacCormack, "Faver First Cattle King West of the Pecos: Mysterious rancher lived like nobility in arid W. Texas", ''San Antonio Express-News'', February 4, 2018, p. A8.</ref>

 

[[Category:United States Rivers]]

[[Category:United States Rivers]]