ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game

[belbbmfan]

Great new rule, Meryl. 


Wapiti, Wyoming

[Meryl]

Industry, TX



Industry is always mentioned in any history relating to the settlement of Germans in Texas. Johann Frederich Ernst came to the area via New York and Missouri. Ernst received a grant of land directly from the Mexican government in 1831. After independence from Mexico, the fledgling Republic of Texas granted a post office to the town that had grown from "Ernst's Place" to Industry.

The name it is said, was given to the residents for their hard-working attitude by their Anglo neighbors.

Tobacco was a major crop at first and Industry as well as New Ulm manufactured cigars. Cotton became the dominant crop before the Civil War and continued after.

The population started decreasing from the time of the Depression through the 1960s. Ranching gradually replaced farming and today about the only cotton seen is in the tops of aspirin bottles.

[nova20194]

Crossfield, AB

Crossfield is a town (incorporated) in southern Alberta, in Canada.
Crossfield is located 43 kilometers or 27 miles north of the City of Calgary, on Highway 2.

As a rail station on the Calgary to Edmonton (C&E) line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Crossfield was founded in 1892. Crossfield was named after an engineer with the Canadian Pacific Railway survey crew. In 1980, the Town of Crossfield was incorporated.

The Town of Crossfield is a member of the Calgary Regional Partnership. Crossfield is within the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is growing as a result. Crossfield is north of the City of Airdrie and south of the Town of Olds. Crossfield is surrounded by the Municipal District of Rocky View.

Crossfield is also the location of a Brokeback Mountain filming site, Monroe's grocery store.  Empty now, Monroe’s Riverton Grocery Store still bears its authentic “Choice Meats/Fresh Produce” signage.

[MaineWriter]

Double Mountain, TX

The last standing structure in Double Mountain:



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[Meryl]

Nocac, Mexico

[nova20194]

Carseland, AB

Carseland is a hamlet located along Highway 24 approximately 19km South of Cheadle, in south central Alberta, Canada.

Carseland is the site of a few Brokeback Mountain filming locations.....the highway intersection where Ennis was dropped off at the beginning of the film, and the hotel and bar where Ennis and Jack shared their first drink.

[MaineWriter]

Dozier, TX

Near the Salt Fork of the Red River in northwestern Collingsworth County. The site was on the Rocking Chair Ranch until the ranch ceased to exist.

Post office was granted in 1904 with the Dozier school district being organized five years later when a schoolhouse was built.

The school's location changed several times until a larger building was constructed in 1913. This school lasted until 1929, when a brick school was built.

By 1930 the population of Dozier was 60 and it somehow increased during the Great Depression to 100 by 1940.

Leslie

[belbbmfan]

Rymers, Texas

[nova20194]

Seba Beach, AB

Seba Beach is a summer village located 85 kilometers (52.8 mi) west of Edmonton. The main employer to those within the village and sourounding area is Sundance Generating Plant A coal-fired power plant located on the south side of the lake, owned and operated by TransAlta Utilities.

A large cabin-going community exists during the summer, although the village is populated year round. Local sites include Wabamun Lake, the village marina and pier, several restaurants, a general store, a public library, mini-golf, a golf-course and several RV parks. August long weekend is the annual Regatta at Seba Beach, which features a parade, dance, foot races, fireworks, beach volleyball tournament, and cribbage tournament, among other events. During the summer and fall, there is a weekly farmers market on Saturdays. A general store exists in the community.

The lake itself has a large population of Northern Pike along with whitefish and trout.

The main sailing club of the Seba Beach is Edmonton Yacht Club, and is located at 1st Avenue and 2nd Street West within Seba Beach.

[MaineWriter]

Huckabay, TX

Originally called Flat Woods around 1875, by the end of the decade a store opened and the towns first postmaster, John A. Huckabay, submitted his name on the application.

The town opened a cotton gin but when a bank opened in the 1890s - it closed soon after. The population was 174 at the turn of the 20th Century. An academy operated from 1900 to 1910 and the town was connected to Stephenville in 1927 by the construction of highway 108. The town has lived a peaceful existence for over 100 years and the population hasn't changed that much from the 1900 figure.

(NB: This town ends with a Y so the next player gets an automatic side trip...the XYZ rule!)