The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas.[1]Concho is Spanish for "shell"; the river was so named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels,[2] such as the Tampico pearly mussel (Cyrtonaias tampicoensis).
^ abcU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Concho River
^ Julia Cauble Smith: Concho River from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
The ConchoRiver 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...
The Concho Valley is a region in West Texas. The region takes its name from the ConchoRiver ("shell" in Spanish), named due to its abundance of freshwater...
established in November 1867 at the confluence of the North and South ConchoRivers, on the routes of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route and Goodnight–Loving...
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The South ConchoRiver 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)...
The North ConchoRiver is a river in west-central Texas and one of three tributaries of the ConchoRiver. The river is 88 miles (142 km) long. The other...
The Río Conchos (ConchosRiver) is a large river in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It joins the Río Bravo del Norte (known in the United States as the...
Look up concho in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Concho may refer to: Concho, Arizona Concho Lake Concho, Oklahoma Concho County, Texas Concho, West Virginia...
Jumanos comprised the nomadic bison-hunting people of the Pecos and ConchoRiver valleys of Texas. Since as nomads and traders, they were often found...
Twin Buttes Reservoir has two dams, one on the Middle ConchoRiver and the South ConchoRiver. The length of these two rolled earthfill embankments is...
ConchoRiver Review is an American literary magazine based in San Angelo, Texas. The magazine was founded by Terry Dalrymple in 1987 and publishes short...
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...
Clean Rivers Program, and other environmental programs of the state of Texas. In 2008, the UCRA began construction in San Angelo of the ConchoRiver Basin...
missionaries. They are recorded as having lived three days' travel east of the mouth of the ConchoRiver. "Quide Indians" in the Handbook of Texas Online v t e...
Angelo maintains recreational facilities at the lake, including Middle Concho Park, Knickerbocker Park, Mary Lee Park, and Pecan Creek Park. Boating and...
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known as La Junta de los Rios ("the confluence of the rivers": the Rio Grande and the ConchosRiver) on the borders of present-day West Texas and Mexico...
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