Government Canyon Explained

Government Canyon, a valley that heads at an elevation of 2483 feet at 30.5917°N -101.2736°W, and runs southwest to its mouth on Howard Draw in Crockett County, elevation 2014 feet.

Government Canyon was a place along the route where the San Antonio-El Paso Road left the Head of Devil's River to go northwest, 44 miles across Johnson Draw and Government Canyon to Howard Draw and Howard Spring.[1]

References

30.4639°N -101.4686°W

Notes and References

  1. W. R. Livermore, Military Map of the Rio Grande Frontier, Crimmins (Martin Lalor) Map Collection, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, 1881, from cah.utexas.edu accessed January 25, 2014

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