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TEXAS

TEXAS BEST AREAS FOR WILDERNESS CAMPING BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK 708,200 acres. Bordering on the Rio Grande in southwest Texas, alongside the U.S.-Mexican boundary, Big Bend National Park contains …

Texas

Constance Cortez Texas CHRONOLOGY 1519 Spanish cartographer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda explores and maps the Texas coastline. 1528-1532 Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, the Spanish king’s treasurer, shipwrecks on …