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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
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