ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game

[Meryl]

Gun Barrel City, TX

The town began as an unincorporated community in the 1960s after completion of Cedar Creek Reservoir. It was incorporated in the early 1970s so it could legally sell beer and wine. The town takes its name from a former road, Gun Barrel Lane (which is now State Highway 198), as well as its motto, "We Shoot Straight with You" and its symbol, a rifle.

(XYZ rule applies)

[nova20194]

I love the XYZ rule!

Black Diamond, AB

Black Diamond is a sister town to Turner Valley. There exists a three-kilometer trail next to the roadway between Black Diamond and Turner Valley named the Friendship Trail. It has a hospital, shops, hotels and residences, an elementary school [K-8] and highschool [9-12] as well a hockey rink and a Boys and Girls Club. Little oil or gas remains. It is located in the Foothills Municipal district.

Black Diamond in nestled in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in the midst of some of Canada's best ranch country. The scenery in the area is quite spectacular.

In 2006, Black Diamond had a population of 1,900.

[Fran]

Dewberry, AB

Dewberry is a village in central Alberta, north of Vermilion.

"The World's Largest Chuckwagon" can be found in Dewberry.

(XYZ rule applies.)

[Meryl]

Camel Hump, WY

[nova20194]

Paradise Valley, AB

Paradise Valley is a village in central Alberta, Canada, located just off Highway 897 about 37 kilometers (23 mi) south of Kitscoty.

The economic base of the village is agricultural.
There are several churches and a K-12 school in Paradise Valley.
One of the grain elevators has been converted in to the Climb through Time museum.
Paradise Valley is the home of the "Three Cities" Arena, the site of the "Three Cities" Park and the site of the annual "Three Cities" Fair. Paradise Valley, of course, is one of the Three Cities. The other two are the nearby hamlets of McLaughlin and Rivercourse.

In 2006, Paradise Valley had a population of 183.


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[MaineWriter]

Jeddo, TX

Jeddo was granted a post office the year it was founded (1874). By 1890 there was one store for the 20 residents and in 1892 two schools reported a combined enrollement of 59 pupils. A mysterious population spike occured when 560 residents were reported in 1896. It may have been explained as an error except it reoccured in 1904 when 559 residents were reported. By 1914 it returned to a more likely figure of 12. No record was kept until around 1933, when ten Jeddoans were present for a headcount.

In 1919 a new school building was built and by 1930 their were thirty students with two instructors. Jeddo's post office closed in 1927. The favored figure for the years 1939 to 1990 was a population of 75.

The well-mainted cemetery just north of the main intersection contains the graves of several notable figures - including a veteran of the War of 1812.



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[Meryl]

Oxtotepec, Mexico

[nova20194]

Consort, AB

Consort is a village in eastern Alberta, Canada, located about equidistant between Edmonton, Calgary, and Regina. It lies on the crossroads of Highways 12 and 41, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) west from the Saskatchewan border.
In 2006, Consort had a population of 739.

The primary industries are farming, ranching and oil production.

The local weekly newspaper, The Consort Enterprise is published since 1912.

Singer k.d. lang was raised in Consort.

[MaineWriter]

Tell, TX

The Two "Towns" of Tell

Childress County

Tell was founded in 1887 on what had been called "Tell-Tale Flat." A post office was granted under that name in 1888 and opened in the dugout home of postmistress Belle Garrison. But by 1905 postal authorities nixed the hyphenated name and shortened it to Tell. A store was opened in 1906, followed by a gin, grocery and drugstore. By 1916 the primary businesses were joined by others and the town had four churches. A bank was in operation from 1916 until its merger with a Childress bank in the Great Depression. Postwar prosperity drew population away from Tell and into Childress and other distant cities.

The school merged with the Childress ISD in the early 1960s, leaving the brick school to become a community center. 1984's population was a mere 59 people which later swelled to 63 for the 1990 Census.

Hall County

The Tell in Hall County was actually a post office established in the last half of the 1890s, at the home of Will and Clementine "Clemmie" Rothwell. The mail route extended from Childress to the Matador Ranch, more or less following the route of present-day FM 96. The post office became an important personal link between cowboys and their familes back home. When the town of Tell (above) was established across the county line, the Hall County post office of Tell was closed on the next to the last day of the 19th Century.

Note: Tell is about 10 miles south of Childress, TX



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[belbbmfan]

Little Smokey, Alberta