Monday, August 13, 2012

Scenes from the River Road, Hwy 170 along the Rio Grande

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Just east of Presidio, Fort Leaton State Historic Site The southernmost loop of the historic 1960s driving route, from which ou...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Top Ten 15-Minute Rest Breaks

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Post Park, five miles south of Marathon Sometimes, you just need a quiet break from the road.  Texas Mountain Trail encourages travelers...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Scenic Sunday in El Paso, part of the Peak Fitness Challenge

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Tomorrow morning, why not include a stroll up Scenic Drive in your plans?  Every Sunday morning, El Pasoans can take in the view without ha...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Jaunty hats...y'all going somewhere?

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click on photo for a closer look! We'd love to know the story behind this one, wouldn't you?  Why pile onto the railroad cart?  ...
Thursday, August 09, 2012

Franklin Mountain Skies

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Texas Mountain Trail board member and volunteer Herb Price of El Paso sent us photos of the morning view from his home in the Fran...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Historic Hotel Ritchey on Historic Murphy Street in Alpine

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Behind the train tracks and the Amtrak station in Alpine, and just across the street from the Murphy Street Raspa Company and yesterday...
Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Backyard Eating in Alpine

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From time to time, we like to recommend a unique, out-of-the-way place, visitors might have a hard time finding on their own.  Today, we...
Monday, August 06, 2012

Lodging at Big Bend Ranch State Park's the Big House

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Deep within the center of Big Bend Ranch State Park , miles from any other lodging opportunity is the lovely 1908 historic ranch hou...
Sunday, August 05, 2012

Get Out of Here, Turkey!

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These horses... chased this turkey right out of their ranchland pasture back into town, while.... turkey vultures sitting on fence...
Saturday, August 04, 2012

Sunrise along Hwy 54 to Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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Sunrise along Hwy 54 between Van Horn and Guadalupe Mountains National Park .  This road is also a scenic drive/ heritage bike route . Onc...
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Friday, August 03, 2012

Indian Lodge in Davis Mountains State Park

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A favorite of the region is Indian Lodge in Davis Mountains State Park . Built in the 1930s, it was opened to the public in 1939. T...
Thursday, August 02, 2012

Last night's sky in Marfa

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Captured by Monte Riggs in Marfa
Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Mount Livermore Hike View

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The trail to Mount Livermore offers terrific views of the Davis Mountains and the desert below.  Access is limited to special groups and p...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Sunrise North of Marfa

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A lovely morning's sky just north of Marfa!
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Skyline of Van Horn: Hotel El Capitan

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Photo by Dan Baeza, www.danbaeza.com There's a little hub of history around one corner in Van Horn, which happens to be the precise ...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Ladies of Early Culberson County

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Click on the images to get a closer view! More scenes of the collection of Van Horn's Clark Hotel Museum.  Thanks to our intern...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Pure West. Pure Americana.

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click on the image to get a closer view! Many small museums have an arrowhead collection, and some are creatively arranged like this one...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Early life in Van Horn

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click on the image to get a closer view! All week we're sharing images of the collection of Van Horn's Clark Hotel Museum, inclu...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

City Models at the Clark Hotel Museum

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There are some charming models of Van Horn in earlier days in the collection of the Clark Hotel Museum, made Heradio Luna.  Mr. Luna ca...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Van Horn's Clark Hotel Museum by Dan Baeza

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This week we're featuring the work of Van Horn native Dan Baeza, documenting the collection of the Clark Hotel Museum .  Dan worked ...