You mean like D. W. Meinig, geographer and author of the four-volume
The Shaping of America (Yale University Press) and The Southwest? As
well as the National Geographic Historical Geography maps? Including
the one for the Southwest?

The Southwest is defined by the presence of three cultures: Native
American, Spanish/Hispanic, and Anglo. Native American is mostly
missing from the Trans Pecos region.

But Texans like to tell it a different way.

Mark

On Mar 25, 2011, at 3:14 PM, mcneely4@COX.NET wrote:

> But anyone who doesn't include the Trans Pecos region of Texas as
> part of the SW has little or no experience in the SW.