In 1541 Coronado and his troops stumbled upon a huge canyon in the midst of grassy plains and gazed upon it with awe. Journeying down into Palo Duro Canyon on mules 443 years later, I began to understand why.
Across the Panhandle stretches a thin red line that divides doughty plains dwellers from Texas’ lesser changed.
For hundreds of years man—from the Comanche to the backpacker—has tried to conquer Big Bend. Still, it remains wild, stark, and pristine.
Of canyons, creeks, and craters: the Big Bend as few have seen it.
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