Campgrounds and Cabins Use Rises in Big Bend Park
Admission growth follows facility expansions at Big Bend National Park with campground use up 32 percent from 1958 to 1959, totaling 13 790 campers. Cabins at Chisos Mountain Basin host 18 451 guests in 1959, amid continued MIS ION programs and ongoing improvements at Rio Grande Village.
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Big Bend National Park
George W. Miller
Chisos Mountain Basin
Riorande Village
National Park Service
Miller
Rio Grande Village
Chisos Mountain
National Park Concessions
Mision 66
Aerial Hunt Draws Search Teams Across Texas Border Area
CAP coordinators led by Earl Lankford of Marfa directed a search for a missing trio from the Marfa Municipal Airport. 14 Mexican planes helped below Ojinaga near Presidio while search zones extended from Del Rio to El Paso and Fort Stockton, with Border Patrol support and radio equipment from the State Highway Dept. A crop dusting plane reported missing en route from Los Angeles to San Antonio was not yet confirmed by CAP officials.
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CAP
Earl Lankford
Marfa
Oscar Travland
Charles Hunter
Alpine
Ojinaga
Rio Grande
Presidio
Hunter
del Rio
el Paso
Fort Stockton
Border Patrol
State Highway Dept
Pete Holmes
Trans-Texas Airways
Marfa Air Base
Los Angeles
San Antonio
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Grouth
Penney’s
Kimbel
Maxwell House
Sanka
Campbell’s Tomato
Rex
Tinter
Coats
Camay Soap
van Camps Pork
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
Nabisco Cracker
del Monte Catsup
del Monte Golden
Lic
Armour’s Star
T-Bone
ADAMS
Brnce Danie
Cheryl Ann Hurst
R. L. Hurst
Austin
Texas
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