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Church

Shafter, Texas

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Expansive

Wind lifts loose soil and shuffles mesquite branches and swirls across a vast horizon.

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Freight Depot

The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Freight Depot in Fort Stockton

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Guadalupe Pass

Guadalupe Mountains, Texas

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Mercantile

The desire to ornament a small store in remote West Texas is different in my time. The roof ornamentation of the mercantile is an outward expression of something creative, and I like that.

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Sunset Limited

With a ticket, backpack, and several rolls of Kodak Gold, I watched Amtrak’s Sunset Limited coast to a stop at Alpine, 2 PM, would reach Los Angeles at 9 AM, December 2005.

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Santa Elena Canyon

Big Bend, Texas

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Barrack

Fort Lancaster, Texas

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Paisano Pete

Fort Stockton, Texas

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El Paso

El Paso, Texas

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San Antonio to El Paso Road

The San Antonio to El Paso Road, beginning circa 1850, was a western mail route across Texas to the Pacific. It went west along US 90 and turned north to join the Devils River near Comstock, linking forts Lancaster, Stockton, and Davis — historic sites Casa Navarro, Landmark Inn, and Magoffin Home.