By Kate Stafford

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SOUTHWEST

PECOS RIVER FLUMES

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

o Originally built in 1890o Covered in concrete in

1902o Once Featured in

Ripley's Believe It or Not

o Transports water from lake Avalon to Carlsbad irrigation system

• Originally discovered by the Indians of the southwest• Jim White was the first to explore the caves

• Became a national park in 1930

CARLSBAD CAVERNS

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