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Big Bend National ParkThe Balanced Rock can be seen at the end of the Grapevine Hills Trail
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Russell E. Dickenson  

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Russell E. Dickenson, eleventh Director of the National Park Service (May, 1980-March, 1985) served as Chief Ranger at Big Bend National Park in 1955-56. He later recalled that "Big Bend was a compression of ten years of experience into one."
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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:23 EST