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    The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. Concho is Spanish for "shell"; the river was so named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels...
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    The Concho Valley is a region in West Texas. The region takes its name from the Concho River ("shell" in Spanish), named due to its abundance of freshwater...
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    was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1879. It is named for the Concho River. In the 1800s, Paleo-Indians lived in the county and left behind archaeological...
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    established in November 1867 at the confluence of the North and South Concho Rivers, on the routes of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route and Goodnight–Loving...
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    seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest...
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    The Río Conchos (Conchos River) is a large river in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It joins the Río Bravo del Norte (known in the United States as the...
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    The South Concho River is one of the few rivers in Texas to run south to north for its entire length. Rising from Anson Springs some 4 miles (6.4 km)...
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    Colorado River. The Colorado River is joined by five significant tributaries: the Concho River, Pecan Bayou, the Llano River, the San Saba River and the...
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    The North Concho River is a river in west-central Texas and one of three tributaries of the Concho River. The river is 88 miles (142 km) long. The other...
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  • Loss Creek Concho River Kickapoo Creek North Concho River South Concho River Spring Creek (Tom Green County, Texas) Middle Concho River Beals Creek Mustang...
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    county seat was the town of Ben Ficklin. In 1882, flood waters of the Concho River destroyed the town and drowned 65 people. The county seat was moved to...
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  • 1882. It was located 5 miles (8 km) south of Fort Concho on the east bank of the South Concho River. In 1868, Maj. Benjamin F. Ficklin bought from John...
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  • O.H. Ivie Lake (category Bodies of water of Concho County, Texas)
    O.H. Ivie Lake is a reservoir on the Colorado and Concho Rivers in Concho, Coleman, and Runnels counties, 55 miles east of San Angelo, Texas in the United...
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    of Sterling City on the North Concho River extending northwestward through Glasscock County to the headwaters of the river in Howard County, the Sterling...
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    to a total area of 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2), all land as before. The South Concho River runs through Christoval, and serves as a water supply to the surrounding...
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  • Look up concho in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Concho may refer to: Concho, Arizona Concho Lake Concho, Oklahoma Concho County, Texas Concho, West Virginia...
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    Jumanos comprised the nomadic bison-hunting people of the Pecos and Concho River valleys of Texas. Since as nomads and traders, they were often found...
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  • in Schleicher, Tom Green and Concho counties in west central Texas. It is a tributary of the Concho River. List of rivers of Texas Christoval, SE, Texas...
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  • Colorado River of Texas, that flows in the south-central United States to the Gulf of Mexico. The river's principal tributaries are the Concho River, Pecan...
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    Concho is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Concho is located on Arizona State Route...
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  • Concho River Review is an American literary magazine based in San Angelo, Texas. The magazine was founded by Terry Dalrymple in 1987 and publishes short...
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  • in a black wig, has no English dialogue. Rio Conchos was filmed in Moab, Utah, though the Conchos River and most of the action of the film takes place...
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    Twin Buttes Reservoir has two dams, one on the Middle Concho River and the South Concho River. The length of these two rolled earthfill embankments is...
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  • Clean Rivers Program, and other environmental programs of the state of Texas. In 2008, the UCRA began construction in San Angelo of the Concho River Basin...
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    Paint Rock, Texas (category Towns in Concho County, Texas)
    comes from Indian pictographs painted on cliffs overlooking the nearby Concho River. These pictographs cover nearly half a mile upstream from the town of...
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  • follow up on the finding of freshwater pearls from pearl mussels in the Concho River in what is now Texas. Although results were disappointing, the expedition...
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    serving families and youth on the 4,500 square miles (12,000 km2) Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. During World War I, YMCA raised and spent over $155...
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  • missionaries. They are recorded as having lived three days' travel east of the mouth of the Concho River. "Quide Indians" in the Handbook of Texas Online v t e...
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    Texas overlaps with Texas Hill Country. Concho Valley, a sub-region of West Texas centered around the Concho River. Coastal Bend, which follows a curved...
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    Delicias, Chihuahua (category Rio Conchos)
    small industrial city and a major agricultural center located in the Conchos River Valley. As of 2015, the city of Delicias had a population of 148,045...
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