Pecos Bill Microbox
Pecos Bill Microbox
| Placed By: | Silver Eagle |
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| Date: | 03/05/05 |
| Nearest Town: | Marathon, TX |
| County: | Brewster |
| Terrain Difficulty: | Easy (flat, 100 yards RT) |
| Recommended Ink: | blue, pink, red & brown |
| Status: | alive (02/17/07) |
Pecos Bill, a mythical cowboy, grew out of the imagination of southwestern range hands who told tall tales to pass the time and to out-do each other in boasting. The story goes that Bill, the youngest of eighteen children of a Texas pioneer, was lost in crossing the Pecos River and was brought up by coyotes. He became the cowhand who invented all the tricks of the ranching trade and his activities include teaching gophers to dig postholes, killing snakes by feeding them mothballs filled with red pepper and nitroglycerin, and roping whole herds of cattle at a time. As an adult, he rode a mountain lion and a cyclone, and later rode a horse named Widow-Maker, which no one else could ride. He met his bride, Slue-Foot Sue, when she rode down the Río Grande on a catfish as large as a whale. Though no longer with us, Pecos Bill exists in cowboy folklore as a hyperbole of the endurance, enterprise and other qualities required of cowboys, and this microbox is dedicated to him. It can be found in a West Texas park and swimming hole called The Post, which stands near the spot where Camp Peña Colorado once stood and is known for good birding.
NOTE: Always take adequate precautions (such as prodding with a stick and/or wearing gloves) before reaching into dark crevasses and holes in the wild. Before you set out read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.
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Last updated on 02/18/2007