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The Westerner

Sometime in the mid 1960s, passenger rail ended for stops serviced by the Westerner, and gone were the days of riding the streamliner west to El Paso or east to Fort Worth. Cars and airplanes replaced passenger trains as speed and convenience took hold.

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February Afternoon

Bare trees stretch up in bright light near dormant vegetation, in chilly air, in a park, near highway traffic, beside a path, and a chance to do something creative.

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Heaven

Heaven is out here, working in Odessa.

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Comet

On October 23rd, we went west of Penwell to see the comet.

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Education

The kids are smart and will do just fine. It’s grown soreheads like me who I worry about.

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Small Town, Big Dreams

Welcome to Wink, home of the Wildcats.

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Picnic Area

Monahans (Sandhills), Texas

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Section House

Monahans (Sandhills), Texas

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Grant Avenue

Odessa, Texas

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Cable-tool Drilling

Odessa, Texas

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Billboard

Odessa, Texas

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Hard Hat

Odessa, Texas

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Solar Eclipse

We would have chased totality if the forecast had been better, but we stayed in West Texas.

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Pumpjack

Penwell, Texas

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White-Pool House

Odessa, Texas

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Business Section

Odessa, Texas

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The Tall City

Midland, Texas

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Ector Theater

Odessa, Texas

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Odessa

After a railway had reached El Paso in the 1880s, a sleepy cattle town grew outward across a dusty plain, Grant and Texas avenues, a place changed by energy, where effort and determination resulted in houses and opportunities.

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Sandhills

Monahans Sandhills State Park, Windmill, and Texas & Pacific Section House