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Alpine Texas Big Bend Park Drive Gains Momentum
Alpine residents host National Park Service officials for a push to create Big Bend National Park. Amon G. Carter leads the Texas Big Bend Park Association as land acquisitions target 788,000 acres with options and pledges aiming for a January 1941 campaign launch and a potential million-dollar fund. Tillotson, National Park Service official, compares progress to the Grand Canyon effort and envisions a trail park style experience in a frontier setting.
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Persimmon Gap
Marathon
Chisos Range
Mount Emory
Case Grande
Santa Helena
Mariscal
Boquitlas
Big Head National Park
West Texas
Presidio
del Rio
Brewster County
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mies Marathon
Alpine
Marfa
First Mesa
Onal Park
Chamber ‘of Commerce
National Park Service
Texas Hig Bend Park
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Tillotson
Big Bend
Grand Canyon National Park
U. S
Congress
Benjamin Harrigan
Indiana
Grand Canyon
Big Bend National Park
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