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Castner Range National Monument is a national monument in El Paso County, Texas, that covers 6,672 acres (27 km 2) of the Franklin Mountains. It was established by President Joe Biden on March 21, 2023.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
On February 2, 2013, Kyle, 38, and his friend, Chad Littlefield, 35, were shot and killed by Eddie Ray Routh at the Rough Creek Ranch-Lodge-Resort shooting range in Erath County, Texas. [4] Both Kyle and Littlefield were armed with .45-caliber M1911 -style pistols when they were killed, but neither gun had been unholstered or fired, and the ...
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry [2] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), [3] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.
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Robert Dean Hunter, 94, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1986–2007). [321] Lee James, 69, American weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist . [322] Jassim Ismail Juma, 85, Kuwaiti politician, MP (1971–1975). [323] Ivan Kováč, 74, Slovak middle-distance runner and radio sports commentator. [324]
Married to Mary Strickland, Joe R. Burch arrived in Texas in the early 1850s and erected a house in what would become Mountain Springs in 1856. Founded in 1875, the post office was housed in Burch's home. There is a spring beside his house on a slope, which is why the name Mountain Springs (or Mountain Spring) was chosen. A store was opened by ...
Ranger is located in northeastern Eastland County. Interstate 20 passes south and east of the city, with access from Exits 349, 351, 352, and 354. I-20 leads east 85 miles (137 km) to Fort Worth and west 65 miles (105 km) to Abilene.