“Glenn Spring surely belongs to that list, though like the others the name has been changed repeatedly even from languages that no longer exist. Human activity in these spots go far into the past beyond the era of the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache, who were in truth very much latecomers to this desert.

The site was known as Jordan Spring before a surveyor was killed on the east side of the Chisos, done in by the last remnants of Apaches who once called those mountains home. His last name was Glenn and the spring was renamed in his memory.

But no matter the name, this site has figured large into the tapestry of mankind since he first came to this region. According to those who know far more than I, that is estimated to be more than 12,000 years ago.”

—Ben H. English, ‘Out There: Essays on the Lower Big Bend’

 

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