Pecos may refer to:
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Pecos River
The Pecos River ( es, Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico ...
, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
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Pecos, Texas, a city in Reeves County, Texas, United States
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Pecos County, Texas, named for the Pecos River
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Pecos Spring
Pecos Spring is a spring, 1.1 miles (3 km) northeast of Sheffield, in Pecos County, Texas. It lies at an elevation of 2060 feet. Pecos Spring was emitted from the Edwards and associated limestones of the Edwards-Trinity (Plateau) aquifer. O ...
, a spring
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Pecos, New Mexico
Pecos is a village in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,392 at the 2010 census, shrinking slower than other parts of San Miguel County, partly because Pecos is within commuting distance of Santa Fe. The village i ...
, a village, United States
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Pecos National Historical Park
Pecos National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in San Miguel and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico. The park, operated by the National Park Service, encompasses thousands of acres of landscape infused with historical ...
, a National Historical Park in the U.S. state of New Mexico
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Trans-Pecos, a region of Texas, United States
Ships
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USS ''Pecos'', the name of two ships of the United States Navy
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USNS ''Pecos'' (T-AO-197), a U.S. Navy fleet replenishment oiler in service since 1989
Other uses
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Pecos Bill, a mythical American cowboy
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Pecos Classification
The Pecos Classification is a chronological division of all known Ancestral Puebloans into periods based on changes in architecture, art, pottery, and cultural remains. The original classification dates back to consensus reached at a 1927 archæo ...
, a division of all known Ancient Pueblo Peoples culture into chronological phases
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Pecos League Pecos may refer to:
Places
* Pecos River, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
* Pecos, Texas, a city in Reeves County, Texas, United States
* Pecos County, Texas, named for the Pecos River
** Pecos Spring, a spring
* Pecos, New Mexico, ...
, an independent professional baseball league headquartered in Houston
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Oryx/Pecos
Oryx/Pecos is a proprietary operating system developed from scratch by Bell Labs beginning in 1978 for the express purpose of running AT&T's large-scale PBX switching equipment. The operating system was first used with AT&T's flagship ''System 7 ...
, a proprietary operating system developed by Bell Labs beginning in 1978, consisting of a kernel (Oryx) and the associated processes running on top of it (Pecos)
Pecos Smith
Character in:
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The Gun Packer
''The Gun Packer'' is a 1919 American short silent Western film directed by John Ford. Filming began on March 25, 1919, under the working title ''Out Wyoming Way''. Just two months later, ''The Gun Packer'' was released by Universal Studios as ...
'', 1919 silent western
* hero of the
Zane Grey novel ''
West of the Pecos'' and its film adaptations:
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West of the Pecos'', 1934 film
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West of the Pecos'', 1945 film
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The Chinese Paymaster
''The Chinese Paymaster'' is the twenty-fourth novel in the long-running Nick Carter-Killmaster series of spy novels. Carter is a US secret agent, code-named N-3, with the rank of Killmaster. He works for AXE – a secret arm of the US intellig ...
'', 1967 novel
See also
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Pecos Bill (disambiguation) ''Pecos Bill'' is a mythical American cowboy.
Pecos Bill may also refer to:
* Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe, a restaurant in Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland
* ''Pecos Bill'' (comics), an Italian comic series
* ''Pecos Bill'' (album), ...
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Peco (disambiguation)
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