Randall Kinzie

There’s something ironic in celebrating Día de los Muertos in a ghost town. Yet every year, local and area residents as well as visitors from all points of the compass gather to honor the memory of those buried in the Historic Cemetery in the Terlingua Ghost Town. The cemetery reflects the starkness and the beauty

Mountain Zone TV is the oldest family-operated business in Alpine, and one of the oldest in the region. In 1956, broadcast television was non-existent in the Trans-Pecos mountainous area of Brewster, Jeff Davis, and Presidio counties. And, the technology for rebroadcasting television signals did not exist yet. But that would soon change. After being discharged

As its name would imply, the Museum of the Big Bend provides an excellent introduction to the Big Bend region. Located in Alpine on the campus of Sul Ross University, the museum’s purpose has remained constant: to collect, preserve, exhibit…

Using the words of noted historian Lonn Taylor in his forward for retired sheriff Carl Williams’ book: “More than a Badge; Rough Country, the Law and Me”, Taylor writes; “To meet him you would never think that 50 years ago…

“There’s a hundred years of history,And a hundred before thatAll gathered in the thinkin’Goin’ on beneath his hat.And back behind his eyeballsAnd pumpin’ through his veins,Is the ghost of every cowboyThat ever held the reins.”Baxter Black, “Legacy of the Rodeo…

“I doubt if any 75 miles of more beautiful country could be found in Texas.” —G. B. Finley, Texas Highway Department Division Engineer, 1928 Of the most popular destinations in Big Bend country’s Jeff Davis County, state highway 118N to…

Burt Compton’s Marfa Gliders

As long as there have been guitars and other stringed instruments, there’s been a need for luthiers — guitar makers. Meet Michael Stevens, from Alpine, who’s famous for his ingenuity in creating guitars, basses and mandolins. His creations are located all…