Imperial Cities USA

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I believe it was in Texas that I saw this. The company I work for
does large mailings of information to customers for some of our
products. I happened to notice the name of the street on one envelope
& it was "Chrysler Imperial"
John

KerryPinkerton wrote:

> If you go to Mapquest and do a search on Imperial you
> get 7 matches:, Texas, California, Georgia, MO, West
> Va, Penn, and Nebraska.
>
> Kerryp
>
> --- Chris Boekhout <charger69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hugh, and list, I'm in southern Illinois, just
> > outside St.Louis-about 50
> > miles to the southwest of me is, you guessed it-
> > Imperial, Missouri...Wonder
> > how many other states have an "Imperial"??? Maybe we
> > should organize a
> > nation-wide tour ?
> >
> > Chris 72 Lebaron...
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "hugh hemphill" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: "imperiallist" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:04 PM
> > Subject: IML: Imperial, Texas
> >
> >
> > > I bought a 1958 map of Texas and was scoping it to
> > see how possible it
> > might
> > > be to get to places using only roads available
> > back then.  More of a
> > mental
> > > exercise than a reality.  However, I happened upon
> > a small Texas town
> > called
> > > Imperial.  Located eight miles west is Imperial
> > Reservoir.  The town is 28
> > > miles north of Fort Stockton, which is 312 miles
> > west of San Antonio and
> > > still more than 230 miles from El Paso and the New
> > Mexico border.
> > >
> > > Well, rats!  Now I have to go there.  That's about
> > 340 miles, one way.  I
> > > have wanted to go to Odessa and Midland for some
> > time now, so I will just
> > > add this to the itinerary.  When I lived in
> > Scotland, long before I ever
> > > knew I would end up here, I was captivated by the
> > movie, "Paris, Texas."
> > > So, sooner or later, you have to go.  I mean I
> > have been to Dallas,
> > Scotland
> > > which must have a much smaller population than
> > Imperial, which is hovering
> > > around the seven hundred mark.  Of course, Dallas
> > has a whisky distillery,
> > > so you have to stop there, don't you?
> > >
> > > An Imperial in Imperial, Texas sounds neat.  I
> > could be the only person on
> > > the list who stayed overnight in Imperial.  When I
> > went to Hemphill,
> > Texas,
> > > I got to take snaps of all kinds of neat stuff,
> > like the Hemphill VFD fire
> > > truck, the radio station, etc.  I look forward to
> > having pictures of an
> > > Imperial fire truck, and post office, etc, etc.
> > > Hemphill is the county seat, but Imperial does not
> > enjoy that status in
> > > Pecos county.
> > >
> > > And I looked at a map of San Antonio and, sure
> > enough, there is an
> > Imperial
> > > Boulevard.   I think it's maybe in the shabbiest
> > part of town, right next
> > to
> > > the old Kelly Air Force Base, now civilianized.  I
> > have little doubt that
> > my
> > > Imperial will be there, and probably a little
> > sooner than I'll make it to
> > > Imperial.
> > >
> > > By the by, a 1958 makes a most impressive dust
> > cloud on unpaved roads.  I
> > > have been told the fins add to the dramatic effect
> > very effectively.  I
> > hope
> > > to get a picture of that, too.
> > >
> > > Hugh
> > >
> > >
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