The Story Behind Big Bend National Park

PBS Learning Media
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Keywords
Big Bend National Park Rio Grande River Chihuahuan Desert Chisos mountains Texas State Parks tourism tourism industry Roger Toll FDR Franklin Roosevelt New Deal Amon Carter Texas National Parks National Parks National Park Service natural resources Texas history landmarks historic sites Texas PBS
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History-Social Science
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Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
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The Story Behind Big Bend National Park

Travel back in history to the time when Texas was a new state. West Texans wanted to see the Southwestern corner of the state preserved but there was one big hurdle. The land in that area was all privately owned unlike parks created in other Western states. Find out how Newspaperman Amon Carter and others were able to turn this land into a National Park.
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PBS Learning Media

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