Government Canyon, a valley that heads at an elevation of 2483 feet at 30°35′30″N 101°16′25″W / 30.59167°N 101.27361°W / 30.59167; -101.27361, and runs southwest to its mouth on Howard Draw in Crockett County, elevation 2014 feet.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Government Canyon
  2. ↑ 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

30°27′50″N 101°28′07″W / 30.46389°N 101.46861°W / 30.46389; -101.46861


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