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Imperial, Texas



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
>
>
>


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