Texas - the Lone Star State
From the collection of Ray Franks Publishing
Route 66 Nostalgia Series
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Postmarked: Tucumcari, New Mexico; June 2006
Dallas has the ninth largest population in the nation. The Dallas area is the largest metropolitan area in the nation not on a navigable body of water.
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Postmarked: January 2025
The tower of the University of Texas at Austin can be seen on the right and the Capitol Building of the State of Texas is on the left.
From my grandmother: Austin, Texas; September 1995
Texas
El Paso, the fourth largest city in Texas, is also the largest American city bordering Mexico.
From my mom: April 2004
The City of El Paso, Texas, originally known as El Paso del Norte (the Pass of the North), takes its name from the pass through the Franklin Mountains on the American side of the Rio Grande River and the Sierra Madre on the Mexican side. The pass, located near a convenient ford, has been of tremendous geographical and strategic importance since the 1500s, and served as an important stopover for supply caravans traveling from the interior of New Spain to Santa Fe.
From my mom: April 2004
Mission, Fortress, and Shrine - The Alamo
From my dad: December 2000
The beautiful downtown skyline at dusk as viewed from one of the many running and biking paths around the city.
From my dad: November 1995
The skyline of the "Sparkling City by the Sea" is enhanced by the city's tallest building...ONE SHORELINE PLAZA. Its two towers, 20 stories south and 22 stories north, and the beautiful OMNI MARINA-Bay Front Hotel and OMNI-BAYFRONT HOTEL located on each side of the Plaza.
From by dad: February 200?
From my dad: February 2002
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Postmarked: Augusta, Georgia
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Postmarked: Dallas, Texas; June 2024