Hi, the Pecan bayou kept bugging me, so I resorted to looking to the Texas Almanac, published by Dallas Morning News. It States the Pecan Bayou is the farthest west Bayou in the U.S. It begins in Calllahan County from springs AND RUNS 107 MILES THROUGH bROWNWOOD TO THE cOLORADO rIVER NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE cOLORADO AND cONCHO RIVERS. They all 3 have spring sources and run freely year around. I think Lake Brownwood may be on Pecan Bayou. The Cpolorado and Concho are famous above this for fresh water pearls. The lost San Saba mines are southeast of there. The Colorado is the largest river with Total watershed in Texas- the Brazos goes into New Mexico at Levelland and possibly Canyon. See pages 305-310-315 in the Almanac. I have crossed it many times on Hwy 36 and others south of it. Check Frontier postmasters for a community on it. I have a copy of Homer Stephens book on Frontier Postmasters published in Stephenville. Will check it this weekend- need to rest now. Substituted at Waco High most of this week and have some P.E. classes- have also had math and English classes there this week. I can teach anything but Spanish, French, German, and sign language. Happy hunting and take care- the area of Pecan Bayou is one center of Grandaddy Rattlesnakes who have lost some natural control predators. At Sweetwater, some Animal Rights misinformed people with more money than experience in West Texas Ranch life protest rattlesnake hunts. They don't care how many Anglo, Black, and Mexican farm hands are killed harvesting cotton and other crops, but they are perfectly willing to eat their produce at McDonald's- sorry, pardon my soapbox. Take care. Charles Augustine Wyly On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 06:24:24 -0500 jmoor@swbell.net writes: >Mr. Wylie: > >Have you ever heard of a PLACE called Pecan Bayou as opposed to a body >of water? My ggrandfather is supposedly buried there but no one seems >to know where it might have been back in 1869. > >Thanks, > >Jan > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]