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Article: Waning Rio Grande may become a Texas myth.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- December 30, 2002
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Byline: Art Chapman
Texas is geographically and culturally bound by its rivers.
There is a corner of Louisiana and Arkansas, and an area pressing into New Mexico and Oklahoma that are dryland crossings. But the vast perimeter of Texas is held by the Red, the Sabine, and the Rio Grande.
Each is a distinct river. The Red is open and muddy, the Sabine is dark and forested, and the Rio Grande is nearly gone.
It is startling to discover that your historical border _ your international line of demarcation _ has almost vanished.
So much of Texas' history was written on the banks of the Rio Grande. It is the mother river of Texas, the ...