Pease River
Stream in Texas
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North Pease River in
Cottle County
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Map of Red River and tributaries
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• location | Confluence of North and Middle Pease, Cottle County, Texas |
• coordinates | 34°14′20″N 100°07′27″W / 34.2389597°N 100.1242754°W / 34.2389597; -100.1242754 [1] |
• elevation | 1,538 ft (469 m) |
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location
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Red River , Tillman County, Oklahoma |
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coordinates
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34°12′02″N 99°01′47″W / 34.2006436°N 99.0297969°W / 34.2006436; -99.0297969 [1] |
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elevation
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1,102 ft (336 m) |
Length | 100 mi (160 km) |
Basin size | 760 sq mi (2,000 km 2 ) |
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River system | Red River |
The Pease River is a river in Texas , United States. It is a tributary of the Red River that runs in an easterly direction through West Texas . It was discovered and mapped for the first time in 1856 by Jacob de Córdova , who found the river while surveying for the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company; it was named after Texas Governor Elisha M. Pease . [2] In December 1860, the Texas Rangers recaptured Cynthia Ann Parker and her daughter from the Comanche Indians at an engagement along the river. [2]
The river begins 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Paducah in northern Cottle County and runs eastward for 100 miles (160 km) to its mouth on the Red River 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Vernon . Its course flows through "flood-prone flat terrain with local shallow depressions, surfaced by sandy and clay loams"; [2] part of it forms the county line between Hardeman and Foard Counties.
The river has three main branches, the North Pease, Middle Pease, and Tongue (or South Pease) Rivers; [2] the beginning of the main river is variously given as where all three branches come together, [2] or where only the North and Middle Pease Rivers intersect. [3] [4] Satellite and topographical imagery, however, clearly shows that the Tongue River empties into the Middle Pease before the latter's meeting with the North Pease. [5]
North Pease River
The North Pease rises 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Cedar Hill on the Caprock Escarpment in eastern Floyd County and runs 60 miles (97 km) through Motley , Hall and Cottle before meeting the Middle Pease River. [3] It begins at 3,100 feet (940 m) and descends over 1,500 feet (460 m) , cutting a wide, sandy bed through mostly flat terrain; most of the area through which it passes is remote ranchland . [3]
Middle Pease River
The Middle Pease river rises 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Matador at the confluence of Mott and Boggy Creeks in western Motley County; it flows about for 65 miles (105 km) in an eastward direction before joining the North Pease in northeastern Cottle County. It runs through flat, isolated ranch territory; the only settlement ever established on its banks was the now- ghost of Tee Pee City . The state has established a 28,000-acre (110 km 2 ) region called the Matador Wildlife Management area along its course in northwestern Cottle County. [4]
Tongue River
The Tongue River, or South Pease River, was named allegedly for a 19th-century disease, called "black tongue", that killed many area buffalo. [6] It rises 11 miles (18 km) west of Roaring Springs in southwestern Motley County, and flows 40 miles (64 km) east and northeast through rugged ranch- and canyonland. The geographic feature of the Roaring Springs (not to be confused with the town), 4 miles (6.4 km) downstream from the river's source, was a popular gathering place for Indians , cowboys , and others. [6] A ranch club is now located near the spring, where State Highway 70 crosses the river. [7]
See also
References
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pease River
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Handbook of Texas Online - Pease River" . Retrieved 2009-08-22 .
- 1 2 3 "Handbook of Texas Online - North Pease River" . Retrieved 2009-08-22 .
- 1 2 "Handbook of Texas Online - Middle Pease River" . Retrieved 2009-08-22 .
- ↑ "Google Maps" . Retrieved 2009-08-22 .
- 1 2 "Handbook of Texas Online - South Pease River" . Retrieved 2009-08-22 .
- ↑ "Google Maps" . Retrieved 2009-08-22 .
External links
- Pease River from the Handbook of Texas Online
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pease River
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Pease River
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Middle Pease River
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tongue River
- Public domain images of the Llano Estacado and West Texas