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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