Eagle Nest Dam: The Ranchers' Dam That Made a Lake on the Enchanted Circle
Drive east out of Red River over Bobcat Pass and the Moreno Valley suddenly opens wide in front of you, and there, spread across the valley floor, is a sheet of blue water ringed by pasture and peaks. Did you know that Eagle Nest Lake is not a natural lake at all? A little more than a century ago there was no lake there, only the Cimarron River winding through ranch country, until two ranching brothers decided to dam it and change the eastern side of the Enchanted Circle forever.