El Llano Estacado
Subtitle: exploration and imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860
By: John Miller Morris.
Publisher: Texas State Historical Association
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: LLano Estacado -- History.; Llano Estacado -- Geography.; Llano Estacado -- Discovery and exploration.
Description: Using historical writings of early explorers, the author captures the mystery and magic of the great Llano Estacado or "Staked Plains" that begin in West Texas and extend north and west. Particularly amusing is the effort of early railroad surveyors to find underground water at the edge of the Llano (aka the caprock) only to miss one of North America's largest aquifers (the Ogalla) by a matter of miles and in some cases yards.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-360) and index.