Abandoned Big Bend Homestead
by Harriet Feagin
Title
Abandoned Big Bend Homestead
Artist
Harriet Feagin
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Dorgan-Sublett Trail is one of the newest trails in Big Bend National Park, being turned into an official trail in 2008.
The National Parks Service had to turn this area into an official trail since the ruins of the old ranch could be seen by passersby on Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive. People would see the ruins, stop their cars and make their own paths through the brush up to explore the site. All of this unmanaged foot traffic created a number of “social trails” through the brush to the extent that, in some areas, it eventually lead to erosion of the hillsides and other environmental and cultural damage near the ruins. (See the NPS Environmental Assessment/Assessment of Effect)
The trailhead for Dorgan-Sublett is now easily accessible in any vehicle, being at the new pull-off on Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive between Cottonwood Campground and Santa Elena Canyon.
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August 16th, 2020
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