Win or lose, the football team always had a late dinner after an away game. When the team traveled out of town, they did not have time or want to eat before the game so the coaches would arrange for dinner at a local steakhouse after the game. Growing up as the daughter of a
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Already proven entrepreneurs, Felipe and Celia Morales saw a need in Midland, Texas, for homemade Mexican food. Along with other family members, they operated several other businesses: a beauty salon, a barbershop, a record store and a financial and insurance company. However, Felipe and Celia decided to open a Mexican food restaurant. They traveled across
A geographic description of the Texas Pecos Trail Region states: “Twenty-two counties covering 35,000 square miles and comprised of an ecological transition zone at the junction of the Plains to the north, Edwards Plateau in the east, Chihuahua Desert in…
Driving into downtown Odessa one sees a bright white object rising from the flat landscape of the Permian Basin, incongruous with its surroundings. The lit spire elicits a string of questions such as what is it? why is it here?…
Thanks to three entrepreneurs, the first alcoholic beverage consumed in Texas – sotol – is making a comeback. The alcoholic drink sotol is a product of the sotol or Desert Spoon plant which grows in the Chihuahuan desert. As the…
Clay Allison claimed, “I never killed a man that didn’t need it.” Known as a cattle broker and rancher, when asked what he did, Clay said, “I am a shootist.” While his life was marked with restlessness, violence, and too…
As ‘49ers rushed to California and settlers pushed westward using the southern overland route from San Antonio to San Diego, the U.S. Army was tasked with providing protection for immigrants, commercial shipments, mail carriers and military supplies. Accordingly, Camp Lancaster…
As the author of 24 books, Patrick Dearen knows the importance of research. Whether writing nonfiction or a novel, getting historical context right is key to telling a good story. And what better place for research than a library? That’s…
Just a little over a two-hour drive south from Midland through the mountains and canyons of the Pecos Trail Region, you find a jewel on the Pecos River — the Chandler Ranch. Established in 1912 as a cattle ranch, the…
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