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AREA COUNTIES
Brewster County, Terrell County, Jeff Davis County, Presidio County,
covering 14,671 sq. miles. |
Featured
Trips/Articles:
A
Flatboat Named Enchilada
Hot Springs in Big Bend National Park,
Crossing the Rio Grande,
Burro ride, and
Boquillas
The
Big Bend Then by Maggie Van Ostrand
"If you know why Texas Ranger Captain Charles L. Nevill spat
his fine pipe right out of his mouth, then you know more about Big
Bend history than most Texans..."
Avisadores:
Messengers of Light by Clay Coppedge
"Put me in another landscape and I might not even notice or
imagine this almost subliminal flash of light but Big Bend is, or
at least was, the land of avisadores..."
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Mariscal
Mine
"Deep inside" Big Bend National Park on Mariscal Mountain. A National
Register Historic District.
Photos
courtesy Erik Whetstone
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NATIONAL
PARKS
Big Ben National
Park
http://www.nps.gov/bibe/index.htm
Fort Davis
National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/foda/index.htm
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STATE PARKS
IN THE AREA
Big Bend
Ranch State Park
P O Box 2319 Presidio TX 79845
432/229-3416
Chihuahuan Desert
Along the Rio Grande from SE Presidio almost to Lajitas
Brewster and Presidio Counties.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/bigbend/
Barton Warnock
Environmental Education Center
HC 70, Box 375 Terlingua
TX 79852
432/424-3327
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/barton/
Fort Leaton
State Historic Site
P O Box 2439 Presidio TX 79845
432/229-3613
Directions: Located 4 miles SE of Presidio on FM 170 (River Road)
one of the most scenic drive in Texas.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/fortleat/
Davis Mountain
State Park
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/davis/davis.htm
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A
view of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park
Photo courtesy Julie McConnell, 2004 |
MORE AREA DESTINATIONS
West
Texas Towns
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| The
Big Bend: History of the Last Texas Frontier |
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