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Big Bend National Park, Texas, U.S. People on the riverbank prepare canoes beside the Rio Grande, with towering rock walls of Santa Elena Canyon rising on both sides in Big Bend National Park, Texas. The Rio Grande winds through green vegetation with the sunlit Chisos Mountains rising in the background at Big Bend National Park, Texas. Big Bend National Park Yucca and prickly pear cacti in the foreground beneath rugged peaks of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Texas: Chisos Mountains The Chihuahuan Desert and (in the background) Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, U.S. Rio Grande
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Big Bend National Park: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added mention of the border wall and the legal issues. Nov 10, 2026
Map added. Aug 18, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Official Tourism Site of the Big Bend National Park, Texas, United States. Aug 05, 2026
Add new Web site: USGS Publications Warehouse - Integrated Geologic, Geochemical, and Geophysical Studies of Big Bend National Park, Texas (PDF). Jan 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Defenders of Wildlife - Borderlands Conservation Hotspot - Big Bend. Dec 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Legends of America - Big Bend National Park, Texas. Apr 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of the Big Bend National Park, Texas, United States. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: NPS History Electronic Library - Big Bend National Park, Texas, United States. Jul 28, 2023
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Big Bend National Park. Apr 18, 2023
Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Big Bend National Park, Texas, United States. Aug 15, 2022
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - The Story Behind Big Bend National Park. Sep 05, 2021
Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Big Bend National Park. May 30, 2019
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Adventure - Big Bend National Park. Feb 16, 2009
Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Big Bend National Park. Jun 08, 2006
Article revised. Oct 25, 2002
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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