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Elephant Tusk Peak viewed from the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains.
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Elephant Tusk Peak viewed from the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains.
 

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Big Bend National Park
PO Box 129
Big Bend National Park, TX 79834

Phone: 432-477-1108
Fax: 432-477-1175

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Did You Know?
In 1787, Governor Juan de Ugalde, leading a Spanish military expedition, attacked a band of Mescalero Apaches in a stronghold in the Chisos Mountains. The forty spanish soldiers reportedly killed several hundred Apaches. The battle occured in the area of Lower Juniper Spring.

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Last Updated: April 04, 2009 at 09:52 EST