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Center for Technological Politics
(El Paso)
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El Paso Archaeological Society
(El Paso)
http://www.epas.com/
El Paso Historical Society
(El Paso)
Conquistador Current Events Jane Burges Perrenot Research Center History of El Paso History of Juarez Password Quarterly Journal Join Now Contact Us The El Paso County Historical Society Exists ...
http://www.elpasohistory.com/
El Paso History Tour
(El Paso)
Index of characters and scenes Share your story About the artist El Paso County commissioned celebrated artist Carlos Callejo to produce a mural in the atrium of the County Courthouse. "Our ...
http://www.co.el-paso.tx.us/mural/
Fabens
(Fabens)
format this article to print FABENS, TEXAS. Fabens is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad and State Highway 20 a mile southwest of Interstate Highway 10 and twenty-f ive miles southeast of ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/hgf1.html
Handbook of Texas Online
(Toyah)
format this article to print TOYAH, TEXAS. Toyah is on Billingslea Draw, Interstate Highway 20, U.S. Highway 80, Farm Road 2903, and the Missouri Pacific line in central Reeves County. It is the ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/hlt27.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Hudspeth County
(Hudspeth County)
format this article to print HUDSPETH COUNTY. Hudspeth County (H-3), in the Trans-Pecos region of far-western Texas, is bordered by New Mexico to the north, the Mexican state of Chihuahua to the ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/HH/hch21.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Jeff Davis County
(Jeff Davis County)
format this article to print JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. Jeff Davis County (J-5), in the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas, is bordered by Culberson County to the northwest, Reeves and Pecos counties to the ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/JJ/hcj4.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Notrees
(Notrees)
format this article to print NOTREES, TEXAS. Notrees, on State Highway 302 twenty-one miles northwest of Odessa in west central Ector County, had one native tree before construction of a large ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/NN/hln31.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Pecos County
(Pecos County)
format this article to print PECOS COUNTY. Pecos County (H-8), the second largest county in the state, is in southwest Texas, bordered on the east by Terrell County, on the south by Brewster ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hcp5.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Presidio County
(Presidio County)
format this article to print PRESIDIO COUNTY. Presidio County (K-5) is in the Trans-Pecos qv region of southwest Texas and is named for the ancient border settlement of Presidio del Norte.qv ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/PP/hcp8.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Reeves County
(Reeves County)
format this article to print REEVES COUNTY. Reeves County (G-6) is on Interstate Highway 20 in the Trans-Pecosqv region of West Texas with the northern edge of its irregular shape touching New ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/RR/hcr6.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Sparks
(Sparks)
format this article to print SPARKS, TEXAS. Sparks is on Farm Road 95 and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, eleven miles southeast of Belton in southeastern Bell County. It grew up around ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/hns66.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Terrell County
(Terrell County)
format this article to print TERRELL COUNTY. Terrell County (K-9) is in the Big Bend area of southwestern Texas, bordered on the south by Mexico, on the east by Val Verde and Crockett counties, on ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/hct3.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Toyahvale
(Toyahvale)
format this article to print TOYAHVALE, TEXAS. Toyahvale is on U.S. Highway 290 and San Solomon Creek in southwestern Reeves County. It is the western terminus of the Pecos Valley Southern Railway ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/hlt28.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Upton County
(Upton County)
format this article to print UPTON COUNTY. Upton County (G-9) is in southwestern Texas. The center of the county lies at 31°22' north latitude and 102°02' west longitude. Rankin, the county's ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/UU/hcu2.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Val Verde County
(Val Verde County)
format this article to print VAL VERDE COUNTY. Val Verde County (L-10) is in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border. Although a part of the county extends west of the Pecos River, more than ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/VV/hcv1.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Ward County
(Ward County)
format this article to print WARD COUNTY. Ward County (G-7) is on the southwestern edge of the High Plains region of southwest Texas. The center of the county is at 31°32' north latitude and ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/hcw3.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Wickett
(Wickett)
format this article to print WICKETT, TEXAS. Wickett is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Farm Road 1219, on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in northeastern Ward County. The town was ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hlw33.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Wink
(Wink)
format this article to print WINK, TEXAS. Wink is on Monument Draw, State Highway 115, and Farm Road 1232, seven miles southwest of Kermit in southwestern Winkler County . It began in 1926, when ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hlw42.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Ysleta
(El Paso)
format this article to print CORPUS CHRISTI DE LA ISLETA MISSION. Corpus Christi de la Isleta, the first mission and pueblo in Texas, was established by Antonio de Otermín and Fray Francisco de ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/uqc3.html
Handbook of Texas Online : Brewster County
(Brewster County)
format this article to print BREWSTER COUNTY. Brewster County (L-7), the largest county in Texas, is located in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas, and is the site o f Big Bend National Park, ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hcb14.html
Handbook of Texas Online : Crane County
(Crane County)
format this article to print CRANE COUNTY. Crane County (G-8), at the western edge of the Edwards Plateau qv in Southwest Texas, is bounded on the north by Ector County, on the east by Upton ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc25.html
Handbook of Texas Online : Culberson County
(Culberson County)
format this article to print CULBERSON COUNTY. Culberson County (H-5) is located in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. It is bordered by New Mexico to the north and b y Hudspeth, Reeves, and ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc28.html
Handbook of Texas Online : Ector County
(Ector County)
format this article to print ECTOR COUNTY. Ector County (F-8) is in West Texas on the lower shelf of the Great Plains and on the northern border of the Edwards Plateau, qv bounded on the north by ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/EE/hce2.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Alpine
(Alpine)
format this article to print ALPINE, TEXAS (Brewster County). Alpine is located in a wide valley in the foothills of the Davis Mountains in northwest Brewster County. Cat tlemen lived in tents ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/hfa5.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Amistad Reservoir
(Val Verde County)
format this article to print AMISTAD RESERVOIR. Amistad Reservoir is located in the Rio Grande basin in southern Val Verde County, Texas, and Coahuila, Mexico, twelve miles northwest of Del Rio ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/roa10.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Anthony
(Anthony)
format this article to print ANTHONY, TEXAS (El Paso County). Anthony is on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and State Highway 20 sixteen miles northwest of downtown El Paso on the ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/hga5.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Balmorhea
(Balmorhea)
format this article to print BALMORHEA, TEXAS. Balmorhea is on Toyah Creek, the Pecos Valley Southern Railway, Farm Road 1215, and U.S. Highway 290, one mile southwest of Brogado in southwestern ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/hlb4.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Barstow
(Barstow)
format this article to print BARSTOW, TEXAS. Barstow is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Farm Road 516, on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, five miles east of Pecos in southwestern Ward ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/hlb10.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Beacon Light Lake
(Loving County)
format this article to print BEACON LIGHT LAKE. Beacon Light Lake, a playa, is 2˝ miles northeast of Wheat oilfield and a half mile west of Rudd Draw in south central Loving County (at 31°47' N, ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/rob33.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Candelaria
(Candelaria)
format this article to print CANDELARIA, TEXAS. Candelaria is a ranching community at the end of Farm Road 170, across the Rio Grande from San Antonio El Bravo, Chihuahua, Mexico, and forty-two ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/hnc6.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Canutillo
(Canutillo)
format this article to print CANUTILLO, TEXAS. Canutillo is a community on the east bank of the Rio Grande and on U.S. Highways 80 and 85 about twelve miles northwest of downtown El Paso in ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/hjc4.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Clint
(Clint)
format this article to print CLINT, TEXAS. Clint, also known as Collinsburgh, is on the Southern Pacific Railroad at the intersection of State Highway 20 and Farm Road 1110, sixteen miles ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/hjc13.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Comstock
(Comstock)
format this article to print COMSTOCK, TEXAS. Comstock is on U.S. Highway 90, State Highway 163, and the Southern Pacific Railroad, twenty-nine miles northwest of Del Rio in south central Val ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/hlc46.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Coyanosa
(Coyanosa)
format this article to print COYANOSA, TEXAS. Coyanosa is at the intersection of Farm roads 1776 and 1450, twenty-six miles northwest of Fort Stockton in northwestern Pecos County. It was ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hlc70.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Crane
(Crane)
format this article to print CRANE, TEXAS. Crane, on U.S. Highway 385 and State Highway 329 in eastern Crane County, was named for Baylor University president William C. Crane.qv It is the seat ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/hgc17.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Del Rio
(Del Rio)
format this article to print DEL RIO, TEXAS. Del Rio, the county seat of Val Verde County, is on U.S. Highway 90 and the Southern Pacific Railroad near the confluence of the Rio Grande and San ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/DD/hed3.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Dell City
(Dell City)
format this article to print DELL CITY, TEXAS. Dell City is a farming town at the intersection of Farm roads 1437 and 2249, fifty-three miles northeast of Sierra Blanca in northeastern Hudspeth ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/DD/hld15.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Dryden
(Dryden)
format this article to print DRYDEN, TEXAS. Dryden is in Thurston Canyon on U.S. Highway 90, Farm Road 1217, and the Southern Pacific line, in south central Terrell Coun ty. In 1882 the Galveston, ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/DD/hnd46.html
Handbook of Texas Online: El Paso
(El Paso)
format this article to print EL PASO, TEXAS. El Paso is at the far western tip of Texas, where New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua meet in a harsh desert environment around the slopes of ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/EE/hde1.html
Handbook of Texas Online: El Paso County
(El Paso County)
format this article to print EL PASO COUNTY. El Paso County (J-1) is the westernmost county of Texas. Its center point is 106°10' west longitude and 31°40' north latitude. Bounded on the ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/EE/hce5.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Fort Davis
(Fort Davis)
format this article to print FORT DAVIS, TEXAS. Fort Davis, the county seat of Jeff Davis County, is on Limpia Creek at the intersection of State highways 17 and 118, eighty miles northeast of ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/FF/hlf24.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Fort Hancock
(Fort Hancock)
format this article to print FORT HANCOCK, TEXAS. The town of Fort Hancock is on State Highway 20 and the Southern Pacific Railroad thirty miles northwest of Sierra Blan ca in southwestern ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/hlf25.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Fort Stockton
(Fort Stockton)
format this article to print FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS. Fort Stockton, the county seat of Pecos County, is on Interstate Highway 10, U.S. highways 67, 290, and 385, and the Sa nta Fe Railroad, 329 ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/hff2.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Goldsmith
(Goldsmith)
format this article to print GOLDSMITH, TEXAS. Goldsmith is at the intersection of State Highway 158 and Farm Road 856, in northwestern Ector County. It grew as a result of Permian Basinqv oil ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/hlg24.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Grandfalls
(Grandfalls)
format this article to print GRANDFALLS, TEXAS. Grandfalls is at the intersection of State highways 11, 18, and 329, on the Pecos River in southeastern Ward County. It w as named for its ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/GG/hlg32.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Imperial
(Imperial)
format this article to print IMPERIAL, TEXAS (Pecos County). Imperial is at the intersection of Farm roads 1053 and 11, four miles south of the Pecos River and twenty-eight miles northeast of Fort ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/II/hli1.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Iraan
(Iraan)
format this article to print IRAAN, TEXAS. Iraan is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 190 and State Highway 349, near the Pecos River sixteen miles northwest of Sheffield in eastern Pecos ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/II/hji2.html
Handbook of Texas Online: James Jackson Wheat, Sr.
(Loving County)
format this article to print WHEAT, JAMES JACKSON, SR. (1871-1931). J. J. Wheat, Sr., wildcatter and developer of Mentone and Loving County, was born in Prescott, Arkans as, in 1871. As a young ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/fwh89.html
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