A portion of the Amistad National Recreation Area, outside Del Rio in Val Verde County, Texas. Amistad is a unit managed by National Park Service that includes the area around the Amistad Reservoir at the confluence of the Rio Grande, the Devils River, and the Pecos River. The reservoir was created by the Amistad Dam (Presa de la Amistad in Spanish), completed in 1969, located on the Rio Grande at the United States-Mexico border across from the city of Ciudad Acuña in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Amistad, Spanish for "friendship," refers broadly to the close relationship and shared history between Ciudad Acuña and Del Rio. The waters of the recreation area are popular destinations for fishers and boaters. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2014.