Soldiers, ranchers, miners and tourists have carved the history of Marathon, Texas as deep as the Rio Grande, with tales as tall as the mountains of Big Bend. Originally settled by Solomon and Mayer Halff, the brothers shared 1 million acres between San Antonio and Ft. Stockton.

Big Bend National Park and Marathon, TX Transcript

Amtrak, the National Park Service's Trails and Rails Program, and the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University have created podcasts to enhance your travel on the Sunset Limited train between New Orleans and Los Angeles.

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Amtrak, the National Park Service's Trails and Rails Program, and the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&amp;M University have created podcasts to enhance your travel on the Sunset Limited train between New Orleans and Los Angeles.

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Big Bend National Park and Marathon, TX Transcript

Big Bend National Park and Marathon, TX Transcript