Image of Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site
Photo courtesy Texas Parks and Wildlife

In colonial times the Mescalero Apaches painted images here of Spaniards, Mexicans, and Anglos, adding to a tradition of rock art that persisted for thousands of years among the very different peoples who used huecos, or water-filled hollows, as places of sacred ritual in an arid landscape.

Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site

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