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A First-Timers Guide to Big Bend National Park in West Texas

August 31, 2023 | By Pam LeBlanc

Texans love the prickly wilds of Big Bend National Park, where a sky island of mountains rises from a vast desert floor, and everything looks straight out of a John Wayne Western.

The October 2023 issue of Texas Highways "Tastes Like Home"

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