▁Car ls bad ▁a ▁city . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁Car ls bad ' s ▁development ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁ir rig ation ▁water . ▁Local ▁cattle man ▁recognized ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁diver ting ▁water ▁from ▁the ▁P ec os ▁River ▁to ▁the ▁gra zing ▁lands ▁on ▁Edd y ' s ▁Hal ag uen o ▁R anch . ▁Many ▁construction ▁projects ▁were ▁undert aken ▁to ▁establish ▁an ▁ir rig ation ▁system ▁within ▁the ▁town . ▁The ▁A val on ▁Dam ▁was ▁constructed ▁up stream ▁of ▁town , ▁and ▁can als ▁di vert ed ▁the ▁water ▁into ▁town . ▁Conf lict ▁arose ▁when ▁the ▁can als ▁met ▁the ▁river ▁down stream ; ▁as ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁P ec os ▁River ▁Fl ume ▁was ▁built , ▁first ▁out ▁of ▁wood ▁and ▁later ▁concrete ▁( the ▁fl ume ▁is ▁often ▁titled ▁the ▁only ▁place ▁where ▁a ▁river ▁cross es ▁itself ). ▁ ▁Key ▁to ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁the ▁area ▁were ▁special ▁exc urs ion ▁trains ▁that ▁brought ▁visitors ▁from ▁the ▁East ▁at ▁reduced ▁far es . ▁Before ▁the ▁rail road ▁was ▁completed ▁from ▁P ec os ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 1 , ▁travel ▁parties ▁met ▁at ▁the ▁rail road ▁station ▁in ▁Toy ah , ▁Texas , ▁and ▁were ▁driven ▁by ▁bug gy ▁ ▁over ▁a ▁rough , ▁dust y ▁road ▁to ▁this ▁small ▁but ▁growing ▁settlement ▁on ▁the ▁banks ▁of ▁the ▁P ec os ▁River . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁construction ▁in ▁Car ls bad ▁was ▁completed ▁with ▁locally ▁manufact ured ▁br icks . ▁The ▁br