Showing posts with label Sierra Blanca. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sierra Blanca. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Hospitality Hero--Glennda Merritt-Alcorn

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Presentation of the Texas Mountain Trail Hospitality Heroes Award by Drew Stuart to Glennda Merritt-Alcorn at the historic Hudspeth County...
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Potato Latkes from Chipotle Texas!

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This year, our Texas Mountain Trail non-profit organization participated in a statewide foodways project with Texas Folklife , colle...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

How would you like to drive in the Mountains in one of these?

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    This lovely vehicle takes a starring role in a little "dream" document we created for our "Dining Along Historic H...
Sunday, May 06, 2012

The Only Adobe Courthouse in Texas

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The majestic entrance to the Hudspeth County Courthouse in Sierra Blanca Photo:  Randy Mallory, THC We are always encouraging travelers...
Monday, July 11, 2011

The Lost Finlay, Texas

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"Post office, Finlay, Texas" 1937, Dorothea Lange "The postmaster's seat, Finlay, Texas" Dorothea Lange A rail...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Hudspeth County Courthouse in Sierra Blanca

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This beautiful structure was built in 1919 and is the only adobe courthouse in the state of Texas, and is listed on the National Register of...
Friday, December 24, 2010

You never know what you'll see!

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Yep!  Those are peacocks outside Sierra Blanca's grocery store!  It looks like someone is feeding them....it pays to get off the freewa...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Evening Light on Sierra Blanca, I-10 heading east

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Just west of Sierra Blanca , there's a parking area on east-bound I-10; in the evening light, Sierra Blanca mountain seems to glow and p...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

Cafe in Sierra Blanca

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This week we feature the photographs of Ted Bell from Little Rock, Arkansas.  Here's his shot of a cafe sign in Sierra Blanca .  Check o...
Friday, December 11, 2009

Rob Hann's "Six Man Football in West Texas"

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Our last showing of Hann's photographs of the Sierra Blanca Vaqueros, from his series "Six Man Football in West Texas." Ha...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Sierra Blanca Vaqueros

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One of Rob Hann's photographs of Sierra Blanca's Six Man Football team from his series, " Six Man Football in West Texas....
Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Photographer Rob Hann's "Six Man Football in West Texas"

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All this week, we're featuring the work of photographer Rob Hann.  Hann was born in England, and has worked for many publications in th...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Adventure Cycling's Southern Tier Route Across the U.S.A.

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Adventure Cycling Association has mapped a route across the country--the Southern Tier Route --which runs from San Diego, CA to St. August...
Monday, August 03, 2009

Border Healing Woman

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Hidden under a lantana plant in the Van Horn cemetery is the grave of Jewell Babb, a healer who lived in Valentine , Van Horn , and near Si...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Movie Set, Poor Farm: You never know what you'll see at a historic marker

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Sometimes you're rewarded richly for detouring for a historic marker. Take our experience on North Loop Road in El Paso County, as we fo...
Friday, July 03, 2009

Down in the Valley

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The backroads between El Paso and Sierra Blanca take you through agricultural fields very close to the international border. (The mountain...
Friday, May 15, 2009

Texas' Only Adobe Courthouse

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The Hudspeth County Courthouse in tiny Sierra Blanca is the only adobe courthouse in the state of Texas. Take the time to get off I-10 and...
Friday, May 01, 2009

Courthouses

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Van Horn's Clark Hotel Museum has many paintings created by local folks, charming paintings of places important to the community. Texas ...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Adobe Courthouse Detail

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Sierra Blanca's Hudspeth County Courthouse is the only adobe courthouse in the state. Here's a detail from above the entrance. For...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Old Roadside Culture

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Here and there, the remnants of an old roadside culture still exists in the region. In Sierra Blanca , architecture enthusiasts enjoy looki...