![]() "Major And Historical Springs of Texas - Report 189" (PDF)."Ethnobotany of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands"."Fort Stockton Comanche Springs" on YouTube. ![]() "Comanche Springs, Fort Stockton, Texas" on YouTube.^ "Site of Comanche Springs - Pecos County - Marker Number: 4757".Austin, Texas: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. The Comanches: Lords of the South Plains. ^ "Frontier Federal Forts and Cattle Trails".Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Comanche Springs ^ "Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Geologic Map, South-Central Texas", U.S.Congressional legislation for irrigation of the State of Texas arid lands.Ĭase Law of Texas Rio Grandé & Trans-Pecos The 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) to 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) irrigation demand lead to the overdrafting of the natural springs aquifer diminishing the Trans-Pecos water table. The Belding territory, located 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Comanche Springs, was a thriving agricultural development requiring voluminous water reserves. The long-distance trail encompassed regional spring waters of Texas Big Bend Country given the horseback riding distance from the Staked Plains to Big Spring, Horsehead Crossing, Tunas Springs, Glenn Springs, San Vicente, Las Moras Springs, and Rio Grandé located within Big Bend National Park.īeginning in 1875, Comanche Springs was incorporated into an agricultural irrigation district resulting in the hydrological regression of the natural springs in the Chihuahuan Desert domain. ![]() The Comanche Trail permitted the nomadic migration of Native Americans to the West Texas desert climate during the northern hemisphere winter solstice. The Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa visited the water basin frequently during bison and Colonial Spanish horse hunts, Comanche-Mexico War skirmishes, and Mexican Indian Wars in Northern Mexico.
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