Mercantile
Findings, 2010 Charles Henry Findings, 2010 Charles Henry

Mercantile

A small wooden store has ornamentation at its facade. The building has a cornice along its roof and a crown in the middle. Why? Perhaps the metal facade elevates the building’s prestige by imitating stone.

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Sunset Limited
Findings, 2005 Charles Henry Findings, 2005 Charles Henry

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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Notes, 2013 Charles Henry Notes, 2013 Charles Henry

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 — and historic sites Casa Navarro, Landmark Inn, and Magoffin Home.

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