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Skriven 2009-03-01 11:21:26 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 28298 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Question
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01 Mar 09 08:53, Robert Bashe wrote to Roy Witt:

 RB> Roy Witt wrote to Robert Bashe on Friday February 27 2009 at 16:44:

 RW>>>> Isn't El Paso considered to be in West Texas?

 RB>>> Very far west, and very small in comparison to west Texas as a
 RB>>> whole.

 RW>> You've been away a long time.

 RB> Take another look at the map.

Like I said, you've been away too long.

 RB>>> I was thinking more about Reeves and Culberson counties,

 RW>> Van Horn (Culberson county seat) doesn't seem to be nearly as big as
 RW>> EP and it's further west than Roswell, NM. Reeves seems to be west
 RW>> of the Pecos too.

 RB> The county seat of Reeves _is_ Pecos, Texas.

El Paso to Van Horn, 120 miles. An hour and 41 minutes, according to
Google Maps. El Paso to Pecos, 209 miles, another hour from Van Horn.
That's west, West Texas. West Texas is mapped as far east as Ballinger,
just east of San Angelo.

For distance comparison: 605 miles from El Paso to Fort Worth, 551 miles
to San Antonio.

 RB> As for Van Horne, from my mother's description it's a nice little
 RB> town in the middle of nowhere.

Yeup. Not much there.

 RB> El Paso is about the only place in west Texas that has much
 RB> population. Otherwise just desert, mesquite and bush.

UTEP, University of Texas at El Paso, a major college football bowl is
played there every year. The few times I've passed through there, I've
noticed some major manufacturing companys known nationwide. There are also
a few scenic drives that go into the hills north of town. And plenty of
parks. Not your East Texas parks, but nice, just the same.

 RW>> Or perhaps they didn't want any strangers around. Most small town
 RW>> Texans are resentful of outsiders moving in. There are even
 RW>> resentful Texans where I live.

 RB> From what my mother told me, the people were very friendly and
 RB> helpful. But naturally it was clear that she had no intention of
 RB> moving into the area. Most of the place isn't surveyed, much less
 RB> fenced (which costs BIG money for the distances involved), and there
 RB> are no water wells like in north Texas - if there's water, it's just
 RB> too deep to access.

It seems that El Paso and Hudspeth counties both have plenty of ground
water, but Culberson, Presidio and others further east, don't or it's not
been devloped yet. At least that's what is indicated in one scientific
report I can find on one west Texas water sources site.

 RB> A pity actually, since the place could otherwise be interesting as a
 RB> "dude ranch". Plenty of open spaces.

I think so too.

                R\%/itt


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