The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas.
Geography
The Concho River has three primary feeds: the North, Middle, and South Concho Rivers. The North Concho River is the longest fork, starting in Howard County and traveling southeast for until merging with the South and Middle forks near Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. The combined branches of the river flow east about until it eventually empties into the Colorado River within the waters of the O.H. Ivie Lake about east of Paint Rock, Texas.
[ Texas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 4th ed., 2001, p. 55 ]
History
Hernando de Ugarte y la Concha, Governor of New Mexico, dispatched an expedition from Santa Fe in 1650 led by Captain Diego del Castillo, to explore what is now north central Texas. The expedition reached the territory of the
Hasinai Indians, and reported finding pearls on the Concho River.
The Diego de Guadalajara expedition was launched in 1654 to follow up on Castillo's findings.
The Spanish explored the river for the gem-quality purple to pink
produced by that species.
The mussels were systematically harvested for only a short time because they soon realized that the yield of pearls was too low for their harvest to be economically viable.
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