Photos of the Rolling Plains of Texas and Oklahoma

Photos of the Rolling Plains of Texas and Oklahoma

John E. Stout, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, Texas

The Rolling Plains are located to the east of the high plains of the Llano Estacado of North America.  This sparsely populated region is home to numerous cattle ranches where tributaries of the Red, Brazos and Colorado rivers wind their way through the red clay of the region.

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	Palo Duro Canyon (30 May 2024)
	Isolated butte in the valley of the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River, Garza County, TX (December 21, 2023)
	Salt Fork Brazos River at the FM 1263 crossing (September 18, 2023)
	Cowhead Mesa in Garza County, Texas (February 24, 2023)
	Upper Colorado River at FM 2835 crossing (December 6, 2022)
	Salt Fork Brazos River at FM1835 crossing, Stonewall County, Texas (June 17, 2022)
	Willow Valley Road crossing of the upper Colorado River south of Gail in Borden County, Texas (May 7, 2022)
	Distant mesa in the upper Brazos watershed of Garza County, Texas (January 13, 2010)
	Croton Breaks to the east of Dickens, Texas (February 16, 2022)
	A clear, spring-fed lake at Artesian Beach Park in Gage, Oklahoma (March 21, 2015)
	Isolated butte at the headwaters of the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River (December 29, 2021)
	Salty valley of the Little Red River as seen from Texas State Highway 70 north of Turkey, Texas (10 August 2015).
	BNSF tracks climbing the Caprock escarpment near the ghost town of Buenos, Texas (8 October 2012).
	Colorado River about 7 miles from its source along the eastern edge of the Llano Estacado as seen from FM 1054 north of Vealmoor, Texas (26 January 2011).
	Yellow House Canyon near Slaton, Texas
	Double Mountain Fork Brazos River on Macy Ranch
	Railroad crossing of the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River near Justiceburg, Texas
	Storm above Ransom Canyon, Texas
	Double Mountain Fork Brazos River in Garza County, Texas
	Soldier Mound near Spur, Texas
	Fire department in Rule, Texas
	Salt Fork Brazos at FM1835 crossing, Stonewall County, Texas
	Brazos near Brannon Bridge, an old steel truss bridge in North Central Texas
	Collapsed truss bridge that once crossed the Salt Fork Brazos River
	Upper Washita River in Hemphill County, Texas
	Canadian Breaks, Potter County, Texas
	Double Mountain Fork Brazos River at the FM 669 crossing, Garza County, Texas
	Blanco Canyon in Crosby County, Texas
	Double Mountain Fork Brazos River near Rule, Texas
	Mural on a tank in Truscott, Texas
	Double Mountain Fork near its headwaters on the Macy Ranch (December 21, 2023)
	Abandoned school in the ghost town of Whiteflat, Texas
	Salt Fork Brazos River at US 380 crossing
	Sterling Grocery and Hardware in Ira, Texas
	Little Red River at Texas State Highway 70 crossing
	Quitaque Creek at Texas State Highway 70 in Motley County, Texas
	Off the Caprock to the east of Crosbyton, Texas.
	View from the Caprock Escarpment above Cowhead Mesa
	Salt foam covering the shore at Truscott Brine Lake, Knox County, Texas
	Mushaway Peak in Borden County, Texas
	North Croton Creek, south of Guthrie, Texas
	North Pease River in Cottle County, Texas
	Cemetery in Red Mud, Texas
	Rolling country north of Benjamin, Texas
	South Wichita River north of Benjamin, Texas
	Valley of Duck Creek, Kent County, Texas
	Double Mountain Fork Brazos River on the U Lazy S Ranch
	Middle Pease River at FM 94 crossing, Motley County, Texas
	Salt Fork Brazos River near Jayton, Texas
	Duffy's Peak, a small butte near the Salt Fork Brazos River in Garza County, Texas
	Mount Blanco in Blanco Canyon, Crosby County, Texas
	Truss bridge across Duck Creek west of Jayton, Texas
	South Wichita east of Guthrie, Texas
	Pony truss bridge at Canyon Valley, Texas
	Middle Pease River at US62/83 crossing, Cottle County, Texas
	Double Mountains in Stonewall County, Texas

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