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Canyon de Chelly National Monument
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The Comanche Trail passed through Persimmon Gap  

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While exploring the Big Bend in 1849, U.S. Army Caption Richard Whiting crossed the Comanche Trail and later reported: "We struck a large Comanche path. Close together twenty-five deep-worn and much used trails made this a great road, by which each year the Comanches desolate Durango and Chihuahua."
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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:23 EST