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 > > > > > >