BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

This project, conducted in 1994 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the park, consists of 20 interviews with former park administrators and area residents affected by the establishment of Big Bend National Park on the Texas-Mexico border. These interviews present a wide range of perspectives on the history, ecology, and wildlife of the Big Bend area from the 1920s to the present.

Big Bend National Park occupies about 800,000 acres at the wide bend of the Rio Grande at the Texas-Mexico border.

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Ranch of J.W. Merrell, Big Bend, c.1930 Apple orchard in the Big Bend, c.1930 Santa Elena Canyon of the Rio Grande

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