There must be a few towns called Imperial, in fact I bought my 68 coupe in Imperial, Pennsylvania! I tried using mapquest.com to find if there was an Imperial WV, or Ohio, but if so, none were close enough to a main road to be listed. It would possibly make a nice addition to the site, if possible, of various places named Imperial, with a member's car parked next to the town's sign. Just a thought.... Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "hugh hemphill" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx> To: "imperiallist" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:04 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 > > >