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Trans-Pecos Trivia
by Charles Angell
The Devil in the Trans-Pecos
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Walk-ins welcome • Sliding scale fees available
Insurances accepted • Medicare/Medicaid
Mon. - Fri. 8am - 12 and 1 - 6pm
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Join us for
-CINCO DE MAYO-
2 WEST TEXAS STYLE 2
Friday + Saturday + Sunday
M AY 1-3, 2009
in
ALPINE, TEXAS
1. Ambrose Bierce’s disappearance along
the Rio Grande border became one of
the most famous in American literary
history. What year was the author of
The Devil’s Dictionary deemed missing?
A. 1897
B. 1913
C. 1922
D. 1937
2. According to folklore, when the
devil arrived in the Big Bend, what
mountain did he land upon?
A. Chinati Mountain
B. Cienega Mountain
C. Mitre Peak
D. Emory Peak
3. In what two Trans-Pecos counties do
the Sierra Diablo Mountains reside?
A. Brewster/Terrell
B. Presidio/Brewster
C. Hudspeth/Culberson
D. Culberson/Jeff Davis
4. What Apache chief has a canyon
named after him in the Sierra Diablo
Mountains?
A. Alsate
B. Victorio
C. Geronimo
D. Cochise
5. In 1955, the album Texas Folk Songs was
released. The first track, “The Devil
Made Texas,” contains the lyric, “once
he’d examined it careful and well, he
decided that the place was too dry for a
hell.” Who sang this tune?
A. Hermes Nye
B. Burl Ives
C. Denis Jimenez
D. Billy Faier
BONUS: Who gave the introduction
on the Texas Folk Songs album?
Come celebrate a weekend full of
exciting events for the whole family to
enjoy.
Saturday, May 2 nd
Downtown Parade 10:30am
Classic Car Show and Cinco de Mayo
Celebration on Murphy St.
Noon-1am
Sunday, May 3 rd
Gran Mercado at Kokernot Park
Noon-7pm
For more information and details, please
call (432) 386-6407.
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Events and schedule subject to change.
Cenizo
Second Quarter 2009
Answers: 1-B, 2-C, 3-C, 4-B, 5-A
Bonus: J. Frank Dobie
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Friday, May 1 st
Cinco de Mayo Social at Magoo’s
6pm-Midnight
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