01421cam a2200277 4500 95230712 TxAuBib 20140816120000.0 030808s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96040185 9780876111543 hbk. 0876111541 hbk. (OCoLC)36051202 TxAuBib Morris, John Miller. El Llano Estacado [book] : exploration and imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860 / John Miller Morris. Austin : Texas State Historical Association, 1997. x, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-360) and index. Using historical writings of early explorers, the author captures the mystery and magic of the great Llano Estacado or "Staked Plains" that begin in West Texas and extend north and west. Particularly amusing is the effort of early railroad surveyors to find underground water at the edge of the Llano (aka the caprock) only to miss one of North America's largest aquifers (the Ogalla) by a matter of miles and in some cases yards. 20100718. LLano Estacado History. LLano Estacado Geography. LLano Estacado Discovery and exploration. CCTYL