Pecos means crooked in camanche so they named it pecos river for crooked river........
North America. New Mexico, USA to be exact.
Battle of Pecos River happened on 1864-01-04.
Pecos River High Bridge was created in 1944.
Pecos River and Texas
The Pecos River is named for the Pecos Pueblo which is situated on it's banks in Northern New Mexico. The Pecos Pueblo was historically one of the most poplated of the pueblos.
The lower waters of the Pecos River are said to have Needle Nose Gar. I believe they used to be present in the upper Pecos years ago.
The Pecos River is originally called the Río Pecos. On early maps it was sometimes called the Río Puerco (Dirty/Filthy).
The Pecos River flows into the Río Grande within the southwestern part of Texas.
i don't know what "was" means but the Pecos river is a tributary to the Rio Grande
Pecos
The origin of the word pecos is debated. It may come from: the word pecas-freckles, pecoso-freckled, pecar-to sin. Whatever the original derivation, the river was named for the Pecos Pueblo indians.