that sets the stage for the Edwards Plateau and the High Plains beyond. The cotton economy, for our schematic purposes, ends at the base of the escarpment, where the rich blackland prairie that ...

Excavations at a ranch in the southern High Plains show how generations of people adapted to an iconic Western landscape This aerial view shows a section of the Caprock Escarpment, a cliff ...

The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District ... Lynn County and the portion of Crosby County above the Caprock Escarpment within the district. Incumbent director Dan Seale did not ...

The Caprock Escarpment of Eastern New Mexico adjoining the High Plains of the “Llano Estacado” in the Texas Panhandle is one of the most outstanding. From the arroyos and peaks to the flat ...

Today’s essay looks at the early ranching history on the Texas High Plains. By 1878 ... filled the region east of the Llano Estacado escarpment. By 1880, there were thousands of cattle grazing ...

The Balcones Escarpment, a geological scar millions of years old running across Central Texas, is one of the most important geological features in the state. It has played a huge role in shaping ...

Millions of acres of grassland used to spread across the high plains in this country. There's still some left, but also seas of corn and wheat growing instead. And most of that is used for ...