Publications

The Center for Big Bend Studies produces two annual publications: The Journal of Big Bend Studies and the center's newsletter, La Vista de Frontera. In addition to these, the center publishes occasional papers, reports in contract archeology and other publications. Many of these are available for purchase.

To order publications or merchandise use the printable order form (PDF), call CBBS at (432) 837-8179 for a purchase by credit card, or drop by the CBBS offices.

The Journal of Big Bend Studies | La Vista de Frontera

Occasional Papers

• African Americans in the West: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources
• Archeological Reconnaissance on Big Bend Ranch State Park Presidio and Brewster Counties, Texas, 1988-1994
• Bosque Bonito: Violent Times along the Borderland during the Mexican Revolution
• Before the Thundering Hordes: Historia Antigua de Parras
• Exploring the Afro-Texas Experience: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources About Black Texans
• My Goose is Cooked: The Continuation of a West Texas Ranch Woman's Story
• Rock Art of the Chihuahuan Desert Borderlands
• The Secret Family of Pancho Villa: An Oral History
• Bibliophiling Tejano Scholarship: Secondary Sources on Hispanic Texans
• Below The Escondido Rim: A History of the O2 Ranch in the Texas Big Bend

Reports in Contract Archeology

• The Arroyo de la Presa Site: A Stratified Late Prehistoric Campsite Along the Rio Grande, Presidio County, Trans-Pecos Texas
• Archeological Reconnaissance of Upper Fresno Canyon Rim Big Bend Sate Park, Texas
• Archeological Survey of Select Boundary and Power Line Segments, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Presidio County, Texas
• Archeological Testing at Sites 41PS800 and 41PS801, Presidio County, Texas

Other Publications

• First Find the Courthouse: Anecdotal history of the 83rd Judicial District of Texas
• Woolgathering: Life in A Little West Texas Town
• The Sanderson Flood of 1965: Crisis in a rural Texas community