Index
Numbers in italics refer to photographs, illustrations, or maps.
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] N [O] [P] Q [R] [S] [T] U [V] [W] X [Y] Z
A Alvarez, Navidad [91] Amphibians [22], [45] Animals [34], [40], [75], [107]; Basin [99]-102; canyons [62]; grasslands [89]; illustrations [68]-69, [71], [82]-83, [100]-101, [103]; [prehistoric] [63], [66]-71
B Beaver [75] Big Bend National Park: accommodations & services, [18], [117]-18; fishing, [123]; founding, [22]-23; health advice, [119]; hiking, [119]; International Biosphere Reserve, [94]; map, [112]; nature trails, [74]-75; rafting, [122]-23; regulations, [125]; size, [6], [18]; transportation & roads, [23], [112], [114]-17; water conservation program, [49] Birds [44], [56], [61]-62, [63], [77], [108], [120]-21. See also [Eagle, golden]; [Falcon] Bobcat [82], [100]-101, [107] Boquillas Canyon [22], [62], [64], [114]
C Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez [12], [32], [86] Cactus [30], [32], [75]; photos, [13], [14], [31], [116] Camel [12] Candelilla [32] Cano, Chico [91] Canyons [59]-71; photos, [64]-65 Castolon [60], [70], [77] Castolon Peak [4]-5, [23], [122] Century plant cover, [88]-89 Chisos Basin cover, [94]-108, [115], [120] Chisos Mining Company [15], [18] Chisos Mountains [16]-17, [22], [70], [92], [93]-94; South rim, [20]-21, [81], [94], [95], [120] Considine, Roy J. [91] [Cottonwood] [47], [72], [77] Coyote [83], [100], [101] Creosotebush [26], [27], [29]
D Deer [18], [19], [82], [99] Desert, Chihuahuan [6], [22], [65], [77]; illustrations [16]-17, [28] Desert, Painted [114] Desert, shrub [22], [28]-30, [74], [77], [80], [81], [84]
F [Falcon] [106], [109], [120] Faver, Milton [50] Fishing [123] Fossils [66], [67], [68]-69, [70], [114]. See also [Animals, prehistoric] Frog, leopard [44] Fur Trade [82]-83
G Geology [6]-7, [18], [59]-60, [64]-65, [66]-67, [70], [98] Ghost towns [114] Glenn Spring [45] Gopher, pocket [32] Grass [74], [80]-81, [84], [89], [93], [102] Grasshopper [33], [85] Grassland [73]-74, [77], [80]-81, [84]-85, [89] Green Gulch 11, [94], [115]; Upper, [99]
H Hiking [119] Hot Springs [60] Hot Springs Canyon [61]
I Indians [12], [13], [15], [84], [85], [86]-87, [88] Insects [29], [34], [40], [44], [54], [56], [102], [108]; water, [45], [48], [60]-61 International Biosphere Reserve [94]
J Jackrabbit [34], [100]-101 Javelina. See [Peccary] Johnson’s Trading Post, Elmo [82]-83 Juniper, alligator [20]-21
L Lechuguilla [28], [32], [84] Lion, mountain [101], [103] Lizard [34], [35], [38] Locust [49]
M Mammals, Age of [67]-69 Marfa [50] Mariscal Canyon [22], [61], [62], [64] Mariscal (Lindsey) Mine [15], [104]-5 Mesa de Anguila [18], [64] Mesquite, honey [77], [80] Millipede [33] Mosquitofish [74], [76]
O Ocotillo [29]-30
P Panther Pass [94], [102], [115] [Peccary] [32], [34], [45], [82] Plants [22], [26], [28]-32, [62], [74]-75, [99], [114]-15 Persimmon Gap [13], [66] Petroglyphs [85] Population [12]-13, [15], [18] Presidio [59] Pricklypear [14], [30], [31], [32]
R Raccoon [73] Rafting [122]-23 [Rainfall] [22], [53], [93] Ranching [18], [49], [50]-51 Rat, kangaroo [38]-39, [56] Rio Conchos [59], [64] Rio Grande [6]-22 passim, [59]-60, [90]; photos [8]-11 Rio Grande Village [60], [73]-77, [120] Roadrunner [38]-39, [121]
S Sam Nail Ranch [49] Santa Elena Canyon [22], [23] [62], [63], [64], [114]-15; photos, [9]-11, [58], [122] Scorpion [33], [124] Settlements [60] Shafter, William H. [86] Sierra del Carmen [18], [23], [64], [66] Snakes [36]-37, [38], [40], [124] Sotol [85] Swallows, cliff [56], [62], [63]
T [Tamarisk] [49], [52], [53], [62] Terlingua Abaja mine [75], [114] Tinaja, Ernst [42], [43], [48] Toad, Couch’s spadefoot [44] Tornillo Flat [68], [80]-81 Trees [20]-21, [22], [70], [93]-107 passim. See also [Cottonwood]; [Tamarisk] Turtle [61]
W Waldron Mine [104]-5 Warbler, colima [120] Water [43], [48]-49, [59], [77], [107]-8; See also [Rainfall] Wildflowers [53]-54, [55], [56], [57] Window, the cover, [24]-25, [108]
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