Elephant Butte

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a dam and irrigation reservoir in SW New Mexico, on the Rio Grande. Dam, 309 feet (94 meters) high.

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Elephant Butte has provided the river basin to the south with a mostly steady supply of water for over 100 years.
El Paso was “drought-proof.” Climate change is pushing its limits.|Casey Crownhart|December 20, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Marcel the elephant takes readers on a journey through his life, recounting his memories full of travel and adventure.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Blue Ivy in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This video, shot in Zambia, shows a young elephant being attacked by a pride of 14 lions.
Young Elephant Takes on 14 Lions and Survives!|Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By 1998, their star elephant, Kenny, became ill and was ordered not to perform by a circus veterinarian.
How the Circus Got a Social Conscience|Justin Jones|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The gentle, erudite soul within a body the public considered an oddity is the contrast at the heart of “The Elephant Man.”
The True Story of ‘The Elephant Man’|Russell Saunders|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Want to fight ‘Taxers’ and ‘Mudslingers’ as a patriotic elephant in the new ‘Giopi: 2014 Mission Majority’?
The GOP's Weird Anti-Dem Video Game, Starring a Frat-Boy Elephant|Asawin Suebsaeng|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The female elephant killed by our hunters at this time was a comparatively small one.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The elephant ran straight on and went right through the whole party, but came near no one.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The elephant did not follow, but the hunters, having discovered her retreat, were not slow to follow and attack her.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
But he soon got over his fear, and was so busy feeding the elephant, that his papa had to coax him away.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various
Suddenly the Elephant trumpeted aloud as though men had goaded him.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling