Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Ancient Swamp Creatures

Big Bend National Park

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 18, 1998

1. Ancient Swamp Creatures Marker

Inscription. Tiny horses and hippopotamus-like animals once roamed a more humid Big Bend. For a glimpse into the parks tropical past, take a short trail to the fossil bone display and the overlook beyond.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Paleontology.

Location. 29° 25.142′ N, 103° 8.245′ W. Marker is in Big Bend National Park, Texas, in Brewster County. It is on Fossil Bone Exhibit Road 0.2 miles east of Main Park Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Big Bend National Park TX 79834, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Texas’ Trans-Pecos & Big Bend Region.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Comanchería,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

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Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Big Bend National Park (approx. 7½ miles away); A Vision for the Parks (approx. 7.6 miles away); Stephen Tyng Mather (approx. 14.3 miles away); Black Gap Wildlife Management Area (approx. 14.9 miles away).

Also see . . . Big Bend National Park. National Park Service (Submitted on July 5, 2016.)

Big Bend National Park desert image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 18, 1998

2. Big Bend National Park desert

Boquillas Mexico road sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 18, 1998

3. Boquillas Mexico road sign

Sign at the entrance to Big Bend National Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 18, 1998

4. Sign at the entrance to Big Bend National Park

Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 5, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 699 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 5, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.