Hi, There's an Imperial in Calif,East of San Diego and near the Mexican border. Never been there but....................... Don Savard Chris Boekhout 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 > > > > > >