Gallinas
Americannoun
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Army Corps of Engineers built catchment nets along the nearby Gallinas River in an effort to prevent rocks and trees from damaging the infrastructure that delivers river water to filtration systems.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2022
Utility managers have been unable to tap into their usual source — the Gallinas River — since it has been choked by ash and debris.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022
Investigators said the prescribed “pile burn” was initiated in January at Gallinas Canyon in the Santa Fe National Forest outside Las Vegas, New Mexico, and concluded in the final days of that month.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022
The brig, flying the American flag, was spotted in March 1844 lying at anchor by the mouth of the Gallinas River.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2021
Coronado started from Pecos, he crossed, probably, the Tecolote chain, threw a bridge over the Rio Gallinas, and then moved on to the north-east at an unknown distance.
From Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse
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