Brewster County, Texas: People from Brewster County, Texas, Alpine, Texas, Marathon, Texas, Study Butte-Terlingua, Texas, Big Bend National Park, Texas State Highway 118, Betsey Wright, Farm to Market Road 170, Clayton W. Williams, Sr., Gabe Cazares

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: People from Brewster County, Texas, Alpine, Texas, Marathon, Texas, Study Butte-Terlingua, Texas, Big Bend National Park, Texas State Highway 118, Betsey Wright, Farm to Market Road 170, Clayton W. Williams, Sr., Gabe Cazares, Clayton Williams, Eric O'Keefe, List of highways in Brewster County, Texas, John Coleman, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Susan Combs, Kristen Silverberg, Solitario, Alpine Cowboys, Escobaria minima, USS LST-483, Kokernot Field, Cryptantha crassipes, Chisos Mountains, Arlington Southwest, Emory Peak, La Escalera Ranch, Bake Turner, Chalk Mountains, Farm to Market Road 1703, Needle Peak (Presidio County, Texas), Lajitas, Texas, Buchel County, Texas, Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, Terlingua Common School District, Alpine Avalanche, Boquillas, Texas, Foley County, Texas, Marathon Independent School District, San Vicente Independent School District, Alpine Independent School District, A. S. Gage Ranch, Glenn Spring, Texas, Castalon, Texas, Rosenfeld, Texas, Persimmon Gap, Altuda, Texas. Excerpt: Big Bend National Park - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Big Bend National Park Pine Canyon Falls inside Big Bend National Park.The oldest recorded tectonic activity in the park is related to the Paleozoic Marathon orogeny, although it is possible that Proterozoic events (over 550 mya) have some deep control. The Marathon orogeny (part of the Ouachita-Marathon-Sonora orogenic belt) is part of thrusting of rocks from the South American Plate over the North American Plate. This can be best seen in the Persimmon Gap area of the park. This orogenic event is linked to the lack of Triassic- and Jurassic-age rocks in the park. Between the Tr...

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