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Big Bend National Park

Photographs of Big Bend by George Grant taken during NPS survey trip in 1936
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Everett Townsend, the "Father " of Big Bend National Park. Photo taken on the mesa north of Johnson's Ranch, 1936
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Everett Townsend, the "Father " of Big Bend National Park. Photo taken on the mesa north of Johnson's Ranch, 1936

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  • Everett Townsend and George Grant with local guides Jaime Vela and Louis Urbi, proposed Big Bend National Park, 1936
  • The road to Boquillas with the Shot Tower and part of the Sierra Del Carmen in Mexico beyond, proposed Big Bend National Park, 1936
  • A view through the Window in the Chisos Mountains, proposed Big Bend National Park, 1936
  • Mouth of Santa Elena Canyon. Mexico on the right and USA on the left. Big Bend National Park, 1953
  • Casa Grande in Chisos Mountains with visitor facilities in foreground, Big Bend National Park, 1953
  • Everett Townsend, the "Father " of Big Bend National Park. Photo taken on the mesa north of Johnson's Ranch, 1936
  • Casa Grande in Chisos Mountains, proposed Big Bend National Park, 1936
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