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    Presidio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,131. Its county seat is Marfa. The county...
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    Presidio is a city in Presidio County, Texas, United States. It is situated on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) River, on the opposite side of the...
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    Texas, United States, between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park, at an elevation of 4685 feet. It is the county seat of Presidio County.The...
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    Shafter is a ghost town in Presidio County, Texas, United States. The Texas Attorney General's Office listed a population of 11 as of the 2000 Census....
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    Redford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Presidio County, Texas, United States. The population was 43 at the 2020 census. According to the United...
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    Tinkham, E. (1935). "The Mutillidae of Presidio and Jeff Davis Counties of the Big Bend Region of Trans-Pecos Texas". The Canadian Entomologist. 67 (10):...
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    United States National Register of Historic Places listings in Presidio County, Texas "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic...
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    modern-day city of Goliad, Texas, United States. The current location dates to 1747. During the Texas Revolution, the presidio was the site of the Battle...
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  • Porvenir (also Daniel and Polaris) is a ghost town in Presidio County, Texas, United States. After Texas Rangers murdered 15 Mexican-American residents on...
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    Cibolo Creek Ranch (category Buildings and structures in Presidio County, Texas)
    Cibolo Creek Ranch is a historic place in Presidio County, Texas, United States. Established as a cattle ranch prior to the Civil War, it has been used...
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  • of Presidio, Texas, and County of Presidio Texas transferred a historic Lipan Apache cemetery back to the Tribe. The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas attend...
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    Solitario (category Geography of Presidio County, Texas)
    (35.3 mi) east southeast of Presidio, Texas, just west of the line dividing Brewster County, Texas and Presidio County, Texas. The formation covers a circular...
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    Porvenir massacre (1918) (category Presidio County, Texas)
    on January 28, 1918, outside the village of Porvenir, in Presidio County, Texas, in which Texas Rangers and local ranchers, with the support of US Cavalry...
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  • (/ˌkændɪˈlɛəriə/ KAN-dih-LAIR-ee-ə) is an unincorporated community in Presidio County, Texas, United States, with approximately 75 inhabitants. The town stands...
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    Ruidosa is an unincorporated desert village in Presidio County, Texas, United States. Although called a ghost town by some sources, there were 43 inhabitants...
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    Documented silver production started in the late 1880s at the Presidio Mine, in Presidio County. Texas produced 32,663,405 troy ounces of silver between 1885...
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    4 km) highway maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in Presidio and Brewster counties in Texas, United States. The route, known...
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    El Paisano Hotel (category Buildings and structures in Presidio County, Texas)
    came to West Texas for the benefits of the dry desert air. In 1955, George Stevens and a Warner Bros film crew came to Presidio County to film Giant...
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    North American colonies, including Spanish Texas. In his final report, Escandón recommended the Presidio La Bahía be moved from its Guadalupe River location...
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    Grande in Brewster and Presidio counties, Texas. It is the largest state park in Texas. The closest major town is Presidio, Texas. The state park's head...
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    Chinati Mountains (category Landforms of Presidio County, Texas)
    The Chinati Mountains of Texas are a small range in the high desert of far West Texas near the city of Presidio. There is a pass through the mountains...
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    Fort Leaton State Historic Site (category Protected areas of Presidio County, Texas)
    Historic Site is located on Farm to Market Road 170, in Presidio County in the U.S. state of Texas. The original adobe structure was a private residence...
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    Brewster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in West Texas and its county seat (and only city) is Alpine. It is one of the nine...
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    Rio Grande (category Bodies of water of Presidio County, Texas)
    Paso; Presidio and Ojinaga; Laredo and Nuevo Laredo; McAllen and Reynosa; and Brownsville and Matamoros. Other notable border towns are the Texas/Coahuila...
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    The Presidio Texas Port of Entry is an international border crossing between Presidio, Texas in the United States and Ojinaga, Chihuahua in Mexico. It...
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    The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within...
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    Pecos in west Texas. The road is maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). SH 17 begins at Marfa in Presidio County, passes through...
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    the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, and Reeves counties, and...
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  • Chinati is an unincorporated community in Presidio County, Texas, United States. It is named after the surrounding Chinati Mountain Range. The word "chinati"...
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  • A. S. Gage Ranch (category Buildings and structures in Presidio County, Texas)
    190,000-acre (770 km2) cattle ranch located in Brewster and Presidio Counties in west Texas. Today's ranch is only a part of what was a once much larger...
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