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Author Archives: Once this unique West Texas landmark, Bob’s Oil Well, was one of the states busiest road-side businesses. Located at the crossroads of US 70 and TX 70 in Matador, Texas. Luther “Bob” Robertson, a World War I veteran, moved to Matador in the 1920s and worked as a filling station attendant. In 1932 he decided […]  In the center of Kent County Texas is Clairemont – the formal county seat and now a ghost town. Clairemont was established in 1892, located on land owned by R.L. Rhomberg, a local rancher. The new town was named after his niece, Claire Becker. The town soon had several stores, a bank, a newspaper, […]  As you travel the backroads of Texas you will soon realize that the historical soundtrack of these roads is the Fiddle. Over hundreds of years a distinct style of has evolved now known as Texas-style fiddling. The fiddle was brought to America by early colonists. The earliest recorded fiddle player in the US was John […]  The 1960’s were the golden age of the TV Western. Many of the shows were centered around large cattle ranches. Like other boys, the cowboys on TV were my heroes. I would often dream of living on the Barkley Ranch, from the Big Valley or the Ponderosa Ranch from Bonanza – alway wanted to be […]  The Guadalupe Mountains National Park, located in west Texas, is a center of geological wonderment. This area preserves some of the exposed remains of the Capitan Reef, one of the worlds finest examples of ancient barrier reefs. Seawater and decade marine organisms deposited lime along the shelf of the Delaware Basin of the Permian Sea, forming […] |
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