West Texas hosts a wide range of birds — from colorful full-time residents to migrating hummingbirds — but this winter has been different.
From Alpine to the Guadalupe Mountains, birds rarely seen in Texas have made their winter abodes here.
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In the 1800s, the U.S. railroad industry relied on immigrant laborers — mostly from China — to lay rail lines. And many lived and worked in West Texas.
Now a new exhibit @BallroomMarfa tells their story.
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Though the origins of this tradition remain a West Texas mystery, the first sightings of love locks on the fence behind Prada Marfa started in 2016. https://t.co/IT8Xmvkre7
The @StoryCorps airstream is here in Marfa!
Got a story to share or know someone who does? Here's all the deets on how you can sign up to record a convo while they're in town: https://t.co/ygoGnyVpfI
The Marfa Chamber of Commerce has confirmed that the 35th Anniversary Marfa Lights Festival will take place Friday, September 2, through Sunday, September 4, 2022, at the Presidio County Courthouse in Marfa
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The Agave Festival is right around the corner! Click the link to learn more about the festival and its happenings!
#VisitMarfaTx#AgaveFestival#AgaveMarfa
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The Marfa Invitational is days away! Be sure and visit their website to stay in the know on all of the happenings! https://t.co/iOy4rDNoxN
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The John Chamberlain building reopens this weekend! Click on the link to find out more about events and open hours.
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Silvester & Felisita Chavira, son Salvador and daughters Elvida, Tanita, & Enedina in 1914 in Marfa, Texas. They were married in 1909 and lived on the Antelope Spring Ranch, where Silvester was the ranch foreman for 50 years. She was a great cook who sold tamales at 6 cents/doz
When it opened in 2021, Marfa Meats was the first livestock slaughter and processing plant, other than a teaching facility at Sul Ross State University, to operate in the Big Bend in decades.
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