Place Names in the Trans-Pecos Aerial Sketches
Editor notes Henry Fletcher compiles Trans-Pecos place names with authentic details. Tornillo in El Paso County marks a screw bean origin. Toyah Creek and Toyahvale tie to local rivers, lakes, and railroad lines. Val Verde County honors a Civil War battle near Fort Craig. Del Rio serves as county seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trans-Pecos
Henry Fletcher
Tornillo
el Paso County
el Paso
Rio Grande Valley
Tornillos Creek
Brewster County
Christmas Mountains
Rio Grande
Hot Spring
Toronto
Alpine
Toyah
Reeves County
Pecos
Toyahvale
Madera Land
Torough Toyah Lake
Peot River
Victoria Creek
la Loma
Balmorhea
Victoria
Toyah Lake
San Solomon Spring
del Rio
Val Verde
Fort Craig
New Mexico
Alpine Students Take Dallas Trip To Texas Centennial
Twenty one Alpine High School students left Wednesday for Dallas to attend the Texas Centennial. They will visit scenic and historic sites on the way and return next Wednesday. The trip is a reward for top grades by the school board and PTA. Accompanying adults include Peyton Cain the Junior High principal, Mrs. Ruby Gentry, and Miss Louise Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine High School
Dallas
Parent‘Teacher Association
Peyton Cain
Ruby Gentry
Louise Ball
Alpine Woman Joins FDR Centennial Reception Group
Mrs C A Brown travels to Dallas for the Centennial to welcome President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner. She is appointed to the reception committee and will attend a reception for Mrs Roosevelt in the Centennial city.
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C. A. Brown
Dallas
Right of way moves on U S 90 in Jett Davis county
County commissioners in Fort Davis move to acquire deeds and easements for U S 90 from Marfa to Van Horn. A five man Valentine jury will be available to condemn land of absentees or tangled titles if needed. State and federal funds expected to pave the Marfa to Van Horn segment in the 1997 program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
U. S.90
Jett Davis
George Newton
Valentine
Presidio
Cutherson
Clay Holland
Alpine
Hiolland
Marfa
van Horn
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Fla
Lease Dude Ranch for Music Colony Reopens Near Alpine
The Brown Dude Ranch 15 miles south of Alpine leases for the summer to the Edward and hosts about 20 students from Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma joining two weeks of concerts led by Edward E. Cramer and Maury Jones. Granada Theatre Money Night offers a $100 prize with Miss Inez Easor previously drawing $75 but absent.
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Brown Dude Ranch
Alpine
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Madera Springs
Davis Mountains
Dude Ranch
Edward E. Cramer
Dallas Sympgony Orchestra
Land Maury Jones
Stillwater
Southwest
Granada
Granada Theatre
Levent
Inez Easor
Red Allen Chosen High School Coach In Alpine
Kermit Red Allen selected athletic coach for Alpine High School at a school board meeting last week. He will also teach two subjects and brings seven years of coaching experience from Peacock Military Academy Alamo Heights and Flatonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit
Red) Allen
Alpine High School
Allen
Sul Ross College
Sul Ross
Peacock Military Academy
San Antonio
Alamo Heights High
Flatonia
A. Beard
Madero
Elizabeth Baines
Janie Micou
Baines
Micou
del Rio
New S A Museum Trip ends near completion
The sixth annual Chihuhahua educational tour sponsored by Sul Ross College departs Alpine June 2 for Mexico City. Registration costs 100 dollars for passport and ticket. minimum 100 passengers. The Big Bend Historical Memorial Museum in Alpine nears completion as a fireproof stone building to house Sul Ross collections.
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Chihuhahua
Mexico
Sul Ross College
Alpine
Mexico City
United States
United State
Stather Elliott
Texas
Big Bend Basket Makers
Big Bend
The Big Bend Frontier Opened for Auto Travel in Texas
A Texas Parade feature previews the Big Bend’s move toward automobile access. Sam Woolford highlights the Chisos Mountains, Santa Helena Grand Canyon, and Boquillas canyons as key sights, with plans for a U S Mexico peace park and CCC roadwork aiding access.
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Giditor
Texas
Texas’ Good Roads Association
Temas
Sam Woolford
San Antonio
San Vicente
T. J
Uncle Tom) Miller
del Carmen T Mountains
Rio Grande
Mexico
Grand Canyon
Santa Helena
Johnson Farm
Chisos Park
America
Big Bend
Southern Pacific Railway
National Park Service
el Paso
Mariscal Canyon
del Rio
Pecos
Davis Mountains
Alpine
Marathon
Terlingua
Bravo
Chisos
Emory Peak
Dead Horse Mountains
Boquill Canyon
United States
Chisos Mountain
CCC
Chisos Mountains
Highland area praised for finest cattle in West Texas
Recognition of Highland Texas as a leading high grade cattle area. Calves selected from Highland herds will be used in feeder demonstrations at the Dallas Centennial exposition. Marfa shipments included 12 yearling steers and 12 steer calves from Highland ranches for exhibition. Demonstrations in Alpine under Tri County Agent Ernest Gibbons and La Monte Stephens coordinate the project.
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Hiland
Highland
Texas
Dallas
Marfa
Tri-County
Rennest Gibbons
High and Hereford Association
Dves
Highland Country
John Moore Valentine
Sch
Mitchell
F. Kimball & Som Ranch
TJ. Cartwright K. Alpine
J. W. Merrill & Son Ranch
Davis County
Viehlant
Wil Tag Jormain
Alpine Firm Wins Contracts in New Mexico and West Texas Towns
An Alpine firm, McMurry Plumbing Company, secured multiple bids in six West Texas and New Mexico towns. Projects include plumbing for a new post office and federal building in El Paso area, a new grade school in Malaga New Mexico, and heating upgrades at Fort Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
New Mex
West Tex
West Texas
New Mexi
McMurry Plumbing Company
Near Fu
el Spring
Mona
Sul Ross College Hosts First 1936 Barbecue Gathering
More than seven hundred guests attended the Kokemnot Lodge event at Sul Ross College for the 1936 run. Miss Bedell organized the barbecue with pickles coffee and family and student attendance noted. Following eatery there was dancing and lawn games led by Miss Lutie Britt with E. E. Townsend and J. D. Jackson among the guests.
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Kokemnot Lodge
Is of
Sul Ross
Bedell
Lutie Britt
E. E. Townsend
Drill Passes 2000 Feet At Hovey Dome
Drilling was under way at the Dodson Means Hovey Dome test eighteen miles northeast of Alpine. The well reached 2150 feet with casing expected around 2230 feet when the Delaware lime formation is encountered. Sam Means said progress has been good with no delays anticipated for the coming days.
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Hovey Dome
Alpine
Delaware
Sam Means
Highlands Endure Torrid Weather With Recent Showers
The region faced unusually warm conditions with the grass starting fine due to prior rain. Scattered showers visited the Alpine area and Paisano country, including a late Monday shower north of town. Nights stayed cool and residents hope for more relief from the heat through ongoing showers.
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Hell Country
Paisano
Here
Assistant Manager Event at Penney’s in Alpine
The annual Assistant Manager’s Event at J C Penney in Alpine features A M Henry in charge as manager J C Arledge is away on vacation. The notice appears in the Avalanche on page six.
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J. C. Penney
A. M. Henry
J. C. Arledge
Penney
Avalanche
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Henry T. Fletcher
FDR
Music Colony
God
Texas Longhorns
Expo
Chisholm Trail
Texas Rangers
Ford Motor Company
Fort Worth Pike
Yuma Pike
New Orleans
Butterfield Trail
Main Street
Red Allen
W. H. Allen
Shrewsbury
Mass
Chihuahua
S. A
George Lowe
Liverpool
Georgetown University
Epa
Good Roads Assn
Limpia Canyon
Limpia Creek
Paso del
Kokernot Park
Highlands
Penney’s
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