Rio Chama
A major tributary of the Rio Grande. With it's headwaters just north of the border of Colorado Territory with New Mexico Territory, the Rio Chama flows south and east for thirty-four miles to the Rio Grande.[1]
ABOVE: Rio Chama looking northwest from New Mexico Highway 74.[2]
The Jeweled Gun: In April of 1876,[3] Bret and Bart Maverick rode along the Rio Chama from the Colorado Territory into New Mexico Territory to the Rio Grande.[4]
SOURCE REFERENCES
01. USGS topographic maps
02. ©2015 Google Maps (retrieved September 9, 2015)
03. The Conjectural Maverick, Maverick Trails
04. Maverick, The Jeweled Gun (1957), Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
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