Trans-Pecos Trivia
by Charles Angell
1. What pioneer ranch woman of the Big
Bend wrote the column for the Alpine
Avalanche for more than 30 years and
the book I’ll Gather My Geese?
A. Virginia Duncan Madison
B. Hallie Crawford Stillwell
C. Edna Buchanan
D. Jewell Babb
2. What 16th century Spanish explorer
was the first to document exploration
of the American Southwest in his book
Adventures in the Unknown Interior of
America?
A. Cabeza de Vaca
B. Carlitos Marron
C. Panfilo Narvaez
D. Hernan Cortes
3. Author Blair Pittman wrote a collection
of humorous stories told by local
residents entitled Tales from the _______.
A. Big Bend
B. Dark Side
C. Trails
D. Terlingua Porch
4. Match the following authors with the
books they penned:
1. Glenn Justice
2. Jefferson Morgenthaler
3. Larry McMurtry
4. Don Henry Ford, Jr.
A.Contrabando – Confessions of a drug
smuggling Texas cowboy
B. Roads – Driving Americas great Highways
C. Cattlemen and Dudes
D. La Junta De Los Rios – The life, death
and resurrection of an ancient desert com-
munity in the Big Bend Region of Texas
5. What early explorer/surveyor of the
Big Bend who wrote Report on the United
States and Mexican Boundary Survey has a
prominent mountain in the Chisos
range named after him?
A. Amon Carter
B. Vernon Bailey
C. William H. Emory
D. Johnnie Ward
BONUS: In which Texas city does Amon
Carter have an art museum named after
him?
Answers: 1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4: 1-C 2-D 3-B 4-A, 5-A
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