Mariscal Mine Big Bend National Park

  Mariscal Mine Big Bend National Park The Mariscal Mine once bustled as the center of the Big Bend quicksilver mining economy. From 1900 to 1943, Mariscal Mine produced 1,400 seventy-six pound flasks of mercury – nearly one quarter of the total produced in the United States! Now deserted, the

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Stonehenge II

Stonehenge II Stonehenge II is an homage to the original Stonehenge monument and is located in the Texas Hill Country. Stonehenge II was conceived by Al Shepperd and built with the help of his friend and neighbor, Doug Hill. Originally located on FM 1340 west of Hunt, Texas, Stonehenge II

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Terlingua Ghost Town

Terlingua Ghost Town Due to its proximity to Big Bend National Park, today Terlingua is mostly a tourist destination for park visitors. Rafting and canoeing on the Rio Grande, mountain biking, camping, hiking, and motorcycling are some of the outdoor activities favored by tourists.  Much of the Ghost Town has

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Fort Davis National Historic Site

Fort Davis National Historic Site Established in October 1854 along the Limpia Creek at Painted Comanche Camp by Bvt. Maj. Gen. Persifor Frazer Smith, Fort Davis was named after Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. “Hoping to protect the garrison from winter northers, Smith tucked the fort into a canyon flanked

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The Window May 2019 Free Wallpaper of the Month

The Window May 2019 Free Wallpaper of the Month Big Bend National Park is located at the northern end of the Chihuahuan desert. Since most of the Chihuahuan desert is located in Mexico, Big Bend represents the largest protected portion of the Chihuahuan desert in the United States. In Big

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Fort Leaton State Historic Site

Fort Leaton State Historic Site Fort Leaton is believed to have been built as an adobe residence in the 1830s by Juan Bustillos. In 1848, it was acquired by Benjamin Leaton, who lived in the structure and also used it as his trading post and fortress. Benjamin Leaton was a

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Bosque Del Apache and White Sands Photography Workshop

December 2-7, 2019 Bosque Del Apache and White Sands Photography Workshop Join me for an extraordinary photography workshop in Bosque  Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge and White Sands National Monument in southern New Mexico in December 2019.   Bosque del Apache is the crown jewel of the National Wildlife Refuge System

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Fall Photography Boot Camp 2019

Photography Boot Camp November 2-8, 2019 This will be a week-long intense photography learning opportunity, including classroom work, photo shoots, and post processing with Adobe Lightroom.  This will be a very small group and a great way for obtaining one on one photography education, while having a good time and

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Old Car City Photography Workshop

Old Car City and Southeastern Railway Museum Photography Workshop October 15-17, 2019   Join me as we visit a “Photographers Paradise” called “Old Car City” north of Atlanta Georgia.  Old Car City is mostly a forest with of 6 miles of trails meandering thru the over 4000 cars on 34

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