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Hispanic History and Pioneers of El Barrio, Alpine, Texas, 1882-1910

Humans have populated the Big Bend for the past 10,000 years. The Spaniards arrived in 1535 when Cabeza de Vaca traveled through what is now Brewster County. By the close of the seventeenth century Mescalero-Apache, Kiowa, Comanche, and other nomadic Indians of the western plains of North America inhabited the […]

Toyah Arrow Points in the Big Bend

Drawing: Complete Toyah points (Turner and Hester 1985:193)Toyah arrow points (see drawings) have long been recognized as very distinctive and common projectiles in archeological assemblages of the Trans-Pecos region. These small triangular points are characterized by triangular blades, two side notches anywhere […]

West Texas Rock Art

November Big Bend Conference in Alpine Features Popular Rock Art Presentations

By Dorde Woodruff

The director of the Center for Big Bend Studies (CBBS), Bob Mallouf, was pleased to have a large turnout for the 9th Annual Conference on the History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Trans-Pecos, Big Bend and Northern Mexico.

Especially […]

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