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Polo Duro Canyon is a remarkable example of nature's architecture. It is a favorite destination for tourists.Canyon: Originated as a ranch headquarters. West
Texas State University; Panhandle-Plains Historical Mu-
seum with Old West exhibits and full-size replicas of
frontier homes and shops.
Palo Duro Canyon is Texas' largest state park.
Camping and picnic areas on canyon floor. Also Pio-
neer Amphitheatre, setting for musical drama,
"Texas," July through Labor Day.
Matador: Authentic "western" town organized in
1891 to serve Matador Ranch.
Post: Located at foot of Caprock. Founded in 1907
by C. W. Post, the cereal manufacturer. Numerous his-
torical buildings and markers.
Lubbock: This metropolitan area serves a highly
productive irrigation farming region It is a trading
and shipping center and has become a manufacturing
center for regional distribution.
Lubbock is home of Texas Technological University
with its Museum of Texas Tech and planetarium. A
Ranching Heritage Center at the museum preserves
and interprets the spirit of the West.
Mackenzie State Park, operated by city of Lubbock,
has Prairie Dog Town, one of a few remaining colonies
of its type in the nation.
Stinnett: Site of Battle of Adobe Walls, where two
famous Indian battles were fought.
FAR WEST
Westward from San Angelo to El Paso is the Texas
of story and song, a land where truth and legend meet.
This is the country of the Pecos and the Rio Grande, of
desert flats and green mountain valleys, of cactus and
caverns and the Jersey Lilly Saloon of Judge Roy Bean.
Within this colorful area of Texas are the Big Bend
National Park of 708,221 acres and Guadalupe Moun-
tains National Park of 77,500 acres (See index, National
Parks).
EPaso: This metropolitan area at the westernmost
tip of Texas is surrounded by mountains a mile high.
Its mild climate, scenery and proximity to Mexico
make it one of the state's most popular tourist and
vacation areas. Juarez, Mexico's largest border city, is
across the Rio Grande. Symphony orchestra, mu-seums, theaters, varied athletic events; Southwestern
Sun Carnival; Chamizal monument; old missions;
University of Texas at El Paso; Ysleta, oldest community
within present Texas boundaries.
Big Bend National Park: "The Basin" of Chisos
Mountains; Big Bend National Park Museum; River
Road and other scenic drives; hiking, riding trails;
many species of birds, animals.
Fort Davis: National historic site and state park in
basin among Davis Mountains. Fort was established in
1854 as a final protected stop for settlers headed west-
ward.
University of Texas McDonald Observatory is at
Mount Locke near Fort Davis.
Alpine: Sul Ross State University with Museum of
the Big Bend, ideal climate. Mountain climbing, rock
and mineral collecting, and Big Bend National Park
nearby.
Marfa: Popular retirement and tourist center be-
cause of ideal climate. Trade center for large ranches.
Rodeos, sailplane competition, mile-high golf course.
Pecos: Renowned Pecos Rodeo around July 4th;
West-of-the-Pecos Museum; rock collecting.
Presidio: Isolated village on Rio Grande; across
river at Ojinaga, tourists may board Mexico train for
Gulf of California.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park: Access to
park's scenic but wild interior is limited to hiking and
backpack camping.
Brackettville: Alamo Village, authentic replica of
the Alamo filmed in movie, "The Alamo." Continues
as center of movie production; typical Old West struc-
tures.
Fort Stockton: Restored saloon, stagecoach stop,
old Fort Stockton military post, established 1859; Riggs
Hotel museum.
Langtry: Site of Jersey Lilly saloon and Judge Roy
Bean visitor center.
Rocksprings: Angora Goat Breeders Assn. museum.
San Angelo: Fort Concho, best preserved of Texas'
frontier military forts.
Sonora: Caverns; pioneer museums.
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