I believe it was in Texas that I saw this. The company I work for does large mailings of information to customers for some of our products. I happened to notice the name of the street on one envelope & it was "Chrysler Imperial" John KerryPinkerton wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > > ----------------- > > > This message was sent to you by the Imperial > > Mailing List. Please > > > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > > response will be > > > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > > attachments) for the > > > Administrators should be sent to > > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > > > > > > > >