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Wonders of the West

"The Big Bend taught me the same lesson the canyon did in a different dialect of stone. You are small. The world is old. The universe has beauty and secrets you cannot comprehend. These facts are gifts."

Travel

Terlingua Creek

"Where once hundreds had lived in chosen isolation, there are now thousands, a dollar store, coffee shops, boutiques, and glass domes for rent on websites that enable weekenders to lie abed and parse the constellations. In the end, all things become Airbnb, and money runs through it."

Baseball

The Best Little Ballpark in Texas

Under storm-lit West Texas skies, a night at Alpine’s Kokernot Field becomes more than baseball—it’s a meditation on youth, history, and the quiet joy of playing for love of the game in a place where legends once stood.

Big Bend

The Border Wall and All Y'all

You cannot find a breathing soul out in the Big Bend region who wants a wall. Elected officeholders, Republican and conservative, see it as a disaster, economically and aesthetically.

Travel

The River Road

"The one that calls me constantly is the River Road, Texas Ranch to Market 170, from Presidio to Study Butte. I've worn out a few sets of motorcycle tires riding that pavement through its mesas and volcanic rock formations, stealing glimpses of the Rio Grande between the canebrakes and blind rises."

Texas History

Black Jack's Backlash

Although “Black Jack” spent only about eleven months in pursuit of Villa, he publicly claimed a putative victory by scattering the “Villistas,” revolutionaries who had followed Villa. The general in a letter to a friend, though, acknowledged the failure of his massive endeavor.

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