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, 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
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Government Canyon
- ^ 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