Author: John Jameson Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 0292740425 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 213
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Describes the development of Texas's Big Bend National Park, as well as the controversies that have shaped it over its first fifty years.
Author: John Jameson Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 0292788622 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 300
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The history of the first national park in Texas—the politics, intrigues, controversies, and the people inspired by the stunning desert environment. A breathtaking country of rugged mountain peaks, uninhabited desert, and spectacular river canyons, Big Bend is one of the United States’ most remote national parks and among Texas’ most popular tourist attractions. Located in the great bend of the Rio Grande that separates Texas and Mexico, the park comprises some 800,000 acres, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island, and draws over 300,000 visitors each year. The Story of Big Bend National Park offers a comprehensive, highly readable history of the park from before its founding in 1944 up to the present. John Jameson opens with a fascinating look at the mighty efforts involved in persuading Washington officials and local landowners that such a park was needed. He details how money was raised and land acquired, as well as how the park was publicized and developed for visitors. Moving into the present, he discusses such issues as natural resource management, predator protection in the park, and challenges to land, water, and air. Along the way, he paints colorful portraits of many individuals, from area residents to park rangers to Lady Bird Johnson, whose 1966 float trip down the Rio Grande brought the park to national attention. This history will be required reading for all visitors and prospective visitors to Big Bend National Park. For everyone concerned about our national parks, it makes a persuasive case for continued funding and wise stewardship of the parks as they face the twin pressures of skyrocketing attendance and declining budgets.
Author: Laurence Parent Publisher: Laurence Parent Photography, Incorporated ISBN: 9780974504872 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 216
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Most people visit Big Bend National Park and have a wonderful, incident-free vacation. For a tiny number, however, a simple mistake, unpreparedness, or pure bad luck has lead to catastrophe. Massive rescue efforts and fatalities, while rare, do happen at the park. Heat stroke, dehydration, hypothermia, drowning, falls, lightning, and even murder have claimed victims at Big Bend. This book chronicles selected rescues and tragedies that have happened there since the early 1980s. The lessons you learn reading this book may save your life.
Author: Steve Kemp Publisher: Farcountry Press ISBN: 1560373210 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 49
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"Come along with Julie, Grant, and their family as they follow Ranger Gus and find poop (scat) and footprints (tracks) and discover which animal made them" -- Back cover.
Author: United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 187
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"Big Bend National Park, Texas" is a comprehensive guide brought to readers by the United States National Park Service's Division of Publications. It delves into the natural wonders, cultural history, and recreational opportunities that abound in Big Bend National Park, located in the picturesque state of Texas. This informative and beautifully illustrated work serves as an invaluable resource for travelers, nature enthusiasts, and anyone interested in exploring the diverse landscapes and rich heritage of this national park. Whether you're planning a visit or simply wish to learn more about the park's unique attributes, this guide provides an engaging and educational experience.
Author: Patricia Wilson Clothier Publisher: ISBN: 9780974504827 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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This is Patricia Clothier's story of growing up in the 1930s and 1940s on a vast ranch in the mountains and desert hugging the Mexican border in the Big Bend country of Texas, Before it became a national park. Her family weathered rattlesnakes and drought, accidents, loneliness and financial hardships of the Great Depression with fortitude, ingenuity, and grace. Like their scattered neighbors ? miles away over rugged roads ? it was the love of the land that gripped and held them there. Clothier paints a picture of this cast and glorious territory with words as vivid as any artist with a pallet of paints. A joy to read ? an adventure of Western life you'll never forget.' Jean Bradfish (award winning author and editor)
Author: Peter Koch Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 0292779879 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 193
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This collection of writings and images by the legendary Big Bend photographer offers adventure, history, personal musings, and natural beauty. Photographer-naturalist Peter Koch first visited Big Bend National Park in February, 1945, on assignment to take promotional pictures for the National Park Service. He planned to spend a couple of weeks, and ended up staying for the rest of his life. Koch’s magnificent photographs and documentary films introduced the park to people across the United States and remain an invaluable visual record of the first four decades of Big Bend National Park. In this book, Koch’s daughter June Cooper Price draws on her father’s photographs, newspaper columns, and journal entries, as well as short pieces by other family members, to present his vision and many experiences of the Big Bend. The adventure begins with a six-day photographic trip through Santa Elena Canyon on a raft made from agave flower stalks. Koch also describes hiking on mountain trails and driving the scenic loop around Fort Davis; “wax smuggling” and other ways of making a living on the Mexican border; ranching in the Big Bend; collaborating with botanist Barton Warnock; and the history and beauty of Presidio County, the Rio Grande, and the Chihuahuan Desert.