A slip (also sometimes called a scoop, scraper, or road scraper) was the common implement for moving dirt when doing such things as digging ponds or making fills where large volumes of dirt were needed.
RIO GRANDE. The Rio Grande rises in Rio Grande National Forest, San Juan County, Colorado (at 37Â°47' N, 107Â°32' W), as a clear, spring and snow-fed mountain stream 12,000 feet above sea level. Its origin is at the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains.
When the DACA protest ended, we organized, mobilized, and carpooled to seven different City Council meetings where resolutions opposing the border wall were the hot agenda item. About the Rio Grande Valley . The Rio Grande Valley is a region of small towns in South Texas with a unique cultural identity. Located along the Rio Grande River and the Gulf of Mexico, itâs home to almost 2 million people. The majority of the population is latino, of which 28,000 are DACA recipients. People from here tend to refer to themselves as being from âthe Valley,â rather than the specific tiny town named by a white settler.