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BOOK---RIBBONS OF TIME
MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
PUBLICATION RELEASE DATE---JUNE 15, 2006
DR. WALTER W. DALQUEST, a professor of biology at Midwestern State University, in Wichita FallsFalls, Texas, acquired three sections of land 70 miles SSE of Marfa, Texas, on the Brewster - Presido Co. line in the mid 70,s. Purchased sight unseen, for the purpose of mule deer hunting, this property turned out to be probably the most spectacular canyon in the Big Bend Area. Prior to his death, Walter and his wife Rose Dalquest gave the acreage to Midwestern State University, with the requirement that it be used for scientific research only, in the fields of zoology, paleontology, limnology, bacteriology,entomology,botany, and geology.
Surrounded by very large ranches and at the end of a four wheel drive dirt road, one is struck with awe when first viewing the canyon from Dalquest Peak. One trail in,the same trail out, one travels by foot through this rugged majestic beauty, in the Chihuahuan Desert, 20 miles north of the Rio Grande and Mexico.
Having photography in the major canyons in the Southwestern United Stated, my statement is " THIS IS A JEWEL IN THE DESERT", though smaller than most canyons, it equals all others in land formations and depositional color, vertical canyon walls (800 feet in places) and erosions of time.
The Dalquest Research Site, is a unique place in the Chihuahuan Desert, traveled only by a few.
QUOTE FOR THE FORWARD
"A UNIQUE PIECE OF THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT WAS DONATED TO MIDWESTERN state university in 1996 by the late Dr. Walter W. Dalquest and his wife Rose. The property, now known as the Dalquest Research Site, is used for scientific research. Rugged and pristine, it is a naturalist's dream. Rich in geologic formations and varieties of plant life, the area is daunting. Even a glance at its canyons tells on why the place has had little human traffic." |
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