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  2. Marfa, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The festival is inherently embedded in the landscape of Far West Texas and deeply engaged with Marfa's cultural history and present-day community. Building 98 , also located in Marfa, is a project of the International Woman's Foundation, which has operated an artist-in-residency program since 2002.

  3. Blackwell School National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] The site memorializes the history of supposedly "separate but equal" practices in Texas and elsewhere, as well as the role of education in Mexican American culture and the Marfa community. [5] The main schoolhouse building is made of adobe and has three rooms. [6]

  4. Fort D. A. Russell (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Building 98, Marfa, Texas, 2012. Located at Fort David A. Russell's central complex is Building 98, a project of the International Woman's Foundation and the home of the iconic World War II German POW murals. The murals were completed in 1945 by Hans Jürgen Press and Robert Humpel, both German prisoners of war held at the base. The building ...

  5. Alumni of once-segregated Texas school mark its national park ...

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    The Blackwell School, originally constructed in 1909, was a segregated elementary and junior high school for Latino students in Marfa, Texas. After passage of the Blackwell School National ...

  6. Saving a lasting reminder of Mexican American school segregation

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    But Silva and others decided their experience, however painful, was vital history — a monument to the type of segregation immortalized by the movie “Giant,” filmed in Marfa in 1956. They ...

  7. Presidio County Courthouse - Wikipedia

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    The Presidio County Courthouse is located in Marfa, Presidio County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964.

  8. What's the story behind Prada Marfa, a tiny boutique along ...

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    One of the most famous roadside attractions in Texas, Prada Marfa is a permanent art project by artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, according to a 2020 story in the El Paso Times that was published in ...

  9. Marfa lights - Wikipedia

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    The "Marfa Lights" label within this image shows where Marfa lights can be seen. Marfa, Texas is located at 7]. According to Judith Brueske, the favorite place from which to view the lights is a widened shoulder on Highway 90 about nine miles east of Marfa.