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Definition of Pecos River
1. Noun. A tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas.
Group relationships: Land Of Enchantment, New Mexico, Nm, Lone-star State, Texas, Tx
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pecos River
Literary usage of Pecos River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"... of country and vegetation— Mustang roads—Scarcity of water—Prairie on
fire—Deceptive maps— Castle Mountains—Stray cattle captured—Pecos River— ..."
2. Songs of the Cowboys by Nathan Howard Thorp (1921)
"Where the Pecos River winds and turns in its jour- • ney to the sea, From its
white walls of sand and rock striving ever to be free, Near the highest ..."
3. Songs of the Cowboys by Nathan Howard Thorp (1921)
"THE Pecos River QUEEN By N. Howard Thorp Written on Lower Pecos, New Mexico, ...
Where the Pecos River winds and turns in its jour- • i ney to the sea, ..."
4. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"... extending west to the vicinity of the mouth of the Pecos River, north to about
latitude 33° north, east to west side of Galveston Bay, ..."
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