Trans Pecos Tales Mix Frontier History and Local Lore
In Fort Stockton Pecos County a fifty million dollar Yates vacancy suit is cited alongside frontier graveyards and old army camping grounds near Red Barn. The piece notes graves dated 1850 and 1889, Indian attacks, and an improvised fort remains in Crockett County, interwoven with humorous local columns and anecdotes about vegetable diets, cat meat, a police dog's brood, and Trans Pecos myths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Ashburn
San Angelo
On Antonio
Chihuanas
Pecos Valley
Crockett County
Fort Stockton
Trans-Pecos
Encampment at Paisano Opens with Full Program
The 13th annual Paisano Baptist encampment opens with Rev. George W Truett of Dallas preaching each evening and Dr J B Tidwell and Dr W R White delivering daily talks. The event includes large meals at the outdoor cafeteria, lectures, and organized work for Sunday school and youth groups. Attendance is expected to be the largest yet with many visitors from distant Texas points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Kokernot, Jr
Truett
C. Roy Anell
First Baptist Church
San Antonio
J. B. Tidwell
Baylor University Bible Department
W. R. White
Broadway Baptist Church
Ft. Worth
Varius
Sparks
Trans-Pecos
Grocers Vote Shorter Day At Alpine Meeting
Alpine Mercantile Big Bend Grocery M System Herd Williams Alpine Meat Market Bread and Butter Stores Safeway Tomas Valader agreed to new hours effective Monday opening 7 a.m. closing 7 p.m. Sundays closed Saturdays extended to 9 p.m. The Oregon chamber of commerce hosted the Wednesday session with local grocers and meat market operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Grocers
Chamber of Commerce
Alpine Mercantile
Big Bend Grocery
M System
Herd & Williama
Alpine Meat Market
Bread and Butter
Safeway
Tomas Valader
Texaco Supervisor Assigned to Alpine Territory
A. A. Craig, formerly of San Antonio, becomes Texaco certified service stations supervisor for West Texas with Alpine headquarters. He and family moved to Alpine occupying Thrift residence in North Alpine. An official record notes a Mexican boy seeking a passport lived there, with name variants on school records including Urungaray Trungaray Yourangaray Irungaray and a year under mother Mendoeara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Craig
San Antonio
Tex- 8 Company
Alpine
West Texas
Thrift
North Alpine
Atflelal
Urungaray
Trungaray
Yourangaray
Irungaray
Mendoea
RFC Funds SR College Projects Improve Campus
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation money funds several Sul Ross State College projects including a large greenhouse behind the administration building, led by Dr. T Le Steiger. R P C labor paid for Kokernot Lodge walks fence retaining wall lawns and campus improvements such as driveways parking lot retaining wall rifle range and four concrete tennis courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sul Row
T. le Steiger
Kokernot Lodge
Bul Ross
Regents to Meet Here Next Month at Sul Ross
Sul Ross College hosts the quarterly meeting of the Texas board of regents and presidents of state teachers colleges on August 7 and 8. A. B. Mayhew presides as meetings open August 6 with entertainments planned in Alpine. Activities include a luncheon, a fish fry, a highway trip to the McDonald Observatory site, a barbecue at Mt. Locke, a Carlsbad cavern tour, and visits with leaders from Uvalde to Nacogdoches and Alpine firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross College
Board of Regents
Teachers Colleges of Texas
A. B. Mayhew
Sul Ross
Alpine
McDonald Astronomical Observatory
Herbert ‘Kokernot
Mt. Locke
Carlsbad
AB. Mayhew
Uvalde
Paulus
Yoakum
H. A. Turner
Austin
J. B. Hill
Amarillo
Herbert Kokernot, Jr
Thos. H. Ball
Houston
C. E. Evans
San Marcos
H.W. Morelock
Sul Ross Skyline
Five Alpine drug stores agree Sunday closing plan
An agreement reached late last week requires five Apine drug stores and confectionaries to observe Sunday closing hours starting August 13. Signing stores include Randy Kitchen Pisher Drug stores No 1 and 2 Alpine Drug store and Warner's Cave. Closures will run from 10 30 am to 2 20 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apine’s
Randy Kitchen
Pisher
Alpine Drug Store
Warner's Cave
State Cuts Claims Are to Road Bond 2 Developed Payments
The 1904 budget allows the state to pay its share of road bond interest and part of principal, with county funds covering the rest. The 1994 notice warns of reduced state funds and anticipated tax rate increases as counties shoulder remaining bonds. Development plans proceed on Frank Duncan’s Terlingua mining claims leased by John Mackenzie for 50,000, ten-year lease with buy option. J Howard Hull leads ongoing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County and District Road
R. B. Slight
Board of County Commisioners
Ate
Slight Et A
Frank Duncan
Terlingua, and Associates
LeRoi Cinnabar Properties, Inc
Terlingua
Duncan and Associates
John Mackenzie
Minneapolis
Chisos
Rainbow
Waldron
J. Howard Hull
Red Cross Life Saving Course At Locust Pool
A Red Cross life saving course led by Mr. A. T. McCue from St. Louis will be held at Locust Swimming Pool on July 31 and August 1. The program teaches first aid and life saving with classes for beginners juniors and seniors. Participants must swim 400 yards and perform requisite strokes and dives. Courses start 8:00 a.m. and prizes include buttons and badges. Swimmers from Marfa Fort Davis Marathon and Fort Stockton invited. Miss Mary Frances Haile provides preliminary instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
A. T. McCue
St. Louis
Locust
Mary Frances Haile
Marfa
Fort Davis
Marathon
Fort Stockton
Chihuahua Excursion Cancelled by Sul Ross
The Su ll Ross educational tour to Chihuahua City Mexico scheduled for this week is cancelled due to insufficient 15 registrations required by Santa Fe railroad. The faculty expresses regret and plans to advertise earlier next year to attract a larger group for the Mexico trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Su! Ross
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Feason
Santa Fe Railroad
Chihuahua
Fulty Committee
Sul Ross
Stather Eliott
Sul Ross Sigiine
Vacation Bible School Ends at Methodist Church
The Vacation Bible School at the Methodist church concludes today after a ten day session with a work demonstration. Rev. R. P. Davis reports about 150 students enrolled, as Mrs. H. L. Kokernot shared experiences from a trip to the Holy Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
R. P. Davis
Esterday
H. L. Kokernot
Holy Land
Deer's Curious End in Concrete Water Tank
C F Kimball reported finding a dead deer in a concrete tank on his ranch between Alpine and Hovey. The tank stood seven feet high, with a four to five foot water depth, trapping the blacktail as it explored the pool perhaps seeking water or curiosity. There was an open dirt tank nearby where the animal could have entered safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.F. Kimball
Alpine
Hovey
Harmon Named Head of Legion
Joe Harmon elected post commander for 1994 at Bic Bend Post No. 72 American Legion meeting in chamber of commerce offices. N. B. Starr named ice commander with other officers including M. L. Hopson and Mrs AR Gard. Delegates to state convention selected. 38 members attended. Dues set at 2.5 per capita for national and state dues. A quarterly social gathering planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Harmon
Bic Bend
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Harmon
Starr
M. L. Hopson
AR. Gard
Felix Garrett
W. T. Johnon
J. W. Gillett
Cecil Duncan
Art ‘Thain
Join Perkins
Arch al Fn
TR. Moody
M.L Hopson
Wichita Falls
Eddie Witwer
John Perkins
A. E. Owens
T. R. Moody
Carl ‘Thain
W. Z. Johnson
Walker Harrison
College Reports Good Attendance At Sul Ross Summer Session
The second six weeks of summer school opened July 18 with more than the usual number of students and a surge of new faces. Many newcomers previously attended Sut Ross in the long session or during prior summers, while others are regular summer school students. They come to teach during the year and seek Sul Ross benefits, faculty, and cooler Alpine climate. The heat elsewhere drives many back to the Davis Mountains for the latter part of the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sut Ross
Sul Ross
Davis Mountains
Boxing bouts draw crowd at Port Davis Alpine event
Spectators packed the outdoor platform at Port Davis and Alpine to watch four boxing cards led by Adams of Camp 19 who stopped Tate in the first bout by technical knockout. Peewee Nolan 104 pounds defeated Cantu 120 in round one. Other results included Wheat 135 beating Garloff 140 by decision and Hernandes 123 knocking out Matiney 130 in round two. The weekly exhibitions, run by Sergeant Riley, will continue with no admission charged and local business donations funding rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Davis
Adams
Tate
Peewee Nolan
Cantu
Wheat
Aline
Garloff
Stricken
Cowboy Mang
K. O
Allen
Alpine
Weaver
Ross
Dyer
Hernandes
Matiney
Riley
Woodpe
Wag
Don Tons
Sergeant Riley
A. E. ‘Owens
Murphy Johnson
Siutley Seales
Alpine Lumber Company
Jess Allen
Storey-Whiteside Lumber Company
Eddie Witwer
Observatory contract near for Mc Donald scope in Fort Davis
Avalanche correspondent reports a Texas University project to build Mc Donald Observatory and its bio telescope. A final contract with Warmer & Bwasey of Cleveland and the University of Chicago is expected by August 5 after months of negotiations amid commodity and labor price fluctuations. Dr. J. W. Calhoun and Dr. Hal R. Bybee lead UT efforts, with water sourcing plans and site at Mt Locke central to the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Scobee
Fort Davis
McDonald Observatory
J. W. Calhoun
University of Texas
Warmer & Bwasey Company
Cleveland
Ohio
The
Texas University
University of Chicago
Austin
Calhoun
Hal R. Bybee
Fowlkes Ranch
Spring Mountain
Mt. Locke
Dr. Bybee
San Angelo
Bob
E. J. Compton
University of Texas Grazing Lands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baltor Warren
Hudapeth
County News
Sierra Blanca
Busy Bee
Port Stockton
Frank Savage
United States
New York
Chicago
Paisano
Paisano Baptist
Buren Sparks
George W. ‘Truett
Pirst Baptist Church
Dallas
Bob Jolly
Baptist Hospital
Gam Means
el Paso
Ple
Ania
Texaco Supervisor
RFC
Su Ross
Kokernot Park
Brewster
NEW Mining Company
BEGT
M. T. Price
Sublett
Rio Grande
Turney
Ion School
Legion
T. D. Kelly
Ield
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!