Adversity Spurs Big Bend Tourist Area Growth
The article recalls how the New Deal programs from Roosevelt era funded lasting improvements in Alpine and the Big Bend region. Projects include Jackson Field wall at Sul Ross, Kokernot Lodge amphitheater, CCC cottages in the Chisos Basin, the Big Bend National Park creation, the Scenic Loop from Fort Davis, and Alpine Creek bridge work with WPA funds. The piece notes these actions reshaped government roles and left permanent infrastructure despite preferring not to return to Depression-era hardships.
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Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Works Progress Administration
Civil Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Jackson Field
Sul Ross State College
Kokernot Lodge
Chisos Mountains
Big Bend National Park
Davis Mountains
Fort Davis
Alpine Creek
Avenue D
WPA
Alpine School Honor Roll and Brewster Farm Debt Board
The Alpine School honor roll lists students across grades 2 through 7 and high school, including Ann Chastain Eva Jean Ferguson David Walker Hal Smith Eloise Burtis Anna Pearl West and many others. Newly elected Brewster County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee officers appointed by Gov. Ferguson are W. Van Sickle chairman Henry T. Fletcher vice chairman and secretary Clarence Hord John D. Young and Z. M. Decie.
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Ann Chastain
Eva Jean Ferguson
David Walker
Hal Smith
Eloise Burtis
Anna Pearl West
John Perkins
Mary Beth Robinson
Desha Bunton
Jackie Louise Cross
Mary Lou Murray
Mary Lois McAnnally
King Terry
Margaret Wade
Lara Lee White
Ruth Wright
Ruth Slight
Cecil Duncan
Calvin Richmond
Ruth DeAx
Helen Freitag
Harold Nichols
John Richard Whiteside
Mary Ethel Crawford
Eris Bunton
Ethel June Nail
Gladys Yarbro
Donald Callahan
Emil Goeglein
Mary Frances Duncan
Jean Engle
Mary Bess Hamilton
Jimmy Moody
Jim Nail
Bob Robinson
Pink Walker
Margaret Adams
Ruth Chambers
Lucyle Ferguson
Frances Garrett
Virginia Holland
Margie Pouncey
Lola Lee Young
John Gentry
Jack Hord
Dorothy Burnham
Jerre Riordan
Thelma Ferris
Merle Bennett
Julia Gentry
Guy Salisbury
Brewster County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee
Jim Ferguson
W. van Sickle
Henry T. Fletcher
Clarence Hord
John D. Young
Z. M. Decie
Ranch questions and fence building in Texas lessons
A bilingual Q A set explains ranch land measurement in sections a section equals a square mile and contains six hundred forty acres. It describes ranch ownership fences posts wire and barbed wire with practical notes from Texas and nearby communities. The Mississippi River length note closes with a 2350 mile estimate by Army engineers.
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Mississippi River
Army Corps of Engineers
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Christmas reflections and a land takings notice in Brewster County
A reader writes about Christmas generosity and going the extra mile, contrasting spiritual giving with meeting physical needs. The District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas issues a condemnation notice for roughly 640 acres in Brewster County near Big Bend National Park, detailing the taking authority, required responses, and timelines.
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West Texas
Jim
Geo Foundation
Christ
District Court OF the United States
Western District OF Texas
EL Paso
United States OF America
Brewster County
Texas
David F. Daniels
John Wight
Big Bend National Park
Congress
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Department of the Interior
Russell B Wine
United States
Carl ©. Mason
Attorof
Persimmon Gap
Persimmon Gap Park
Porcupines gnaw trees affecting growth layers
The report notes porcupines gnaw into the bark and cambium layer which are essential for tree growth. It also mentions the U S census has been taken every ten years since 1799.
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U. S
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Chester Morris
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