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'''Cedar Lake''' is a largely forgotten brackish body of occasional shallow water in isolated northeastern Gaines County in West [[Texas]]. Adjacent to [[New Mexico]] and named for area  [[cedar]] scrubs, the lake is the  largest alkali body of water in the region. A ''playa'' or dry lake, it is located on the Llano Estacado (Staked Plains) and has nearly sixty miles of shoreline. The lake is idden away and unknown to the current generation.<ref name=caprock>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200207/caprock-chronicles-cedar-lake---largest-playa-on-llano-estacado|title=Caprock Chronicles: Cedar Lake - the largest playa on the Llano Estacado|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 78, 2020|accessdate=February 10, 2020|author=[[Paul H. Carson]]}}</ref>

'''Cedar Lake''' is a largely forgotten brackish body of occasional shallow water in isolated northeastern Gaines County in West [[Texas]]. Adjacent to [[New Mexico]] and named for area  [[cedar]] scrubs, the lake is the  largest alkali body of water in the region. A ''playa'' or dry lake, it is located on the Llano Estacado (Staked Plains) and has nearly sixty miles of shoreline. The lake is idden away and unknown to the current generation.<ref name=caprock>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200207/caprock-chronicles-cedar-lake---largest-playa-on-llano-estacado|title=Caprock Chronicles: Cedar Lake - the largest playa on the Llano Estacado|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 78, 2020|accessdate=February 10, 2020|author=[[Paul H. Carlson]]}}</ref>

Called ''Lagunas Sabinas'' by early [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers, the lake area contains two mass burial grounds, one  on the northern side and the other on the western side. Both Apache and Comanche used the lake. Colancheros, villagers in New Mexico, transported goods on two-wheeled carts from the Pecos River Valley to barter their wares with Indians for bison hides and meat and likely stolen cattle. <ref name=caprock/>

Called ''Lagunas Sabinas'' by early [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers, the lake area contains two mass burial grounds, one  on the northern side and the other on the western side. Both Apache and Comanche used the lake. Colancheros, villagers in New Mexico, transported goods on two-wheeled carts from the Pecos River Valley to barter their wares with Indians for bison hides and meat and likely stolen cattle. <ref name=caprock/>