Photograph of two cattle on the Sproul Ranch. The red and white cow is laying down. The lighter cow is preparing to lay down.

Photograph of a head of cattle standing in front of trees on the Sproul Ranch. It has a roan coat, and a yellow tag with the number "20" in it in its left ear.

Photograph of a West Texas wash on the Sproul Ranch. A wash is the dry bed of an intermittent creek.

Photograph of cattle on the Sproul Ranch. The cattle lays down on the ground near a tree. There is a pile of wood to the right and behind the cattle.

Photograph of a large, grassy field at Sproul Ranch near Fort Davis, Texas, taken from a curving dirt road. In the center of the image, a NASA satellite dish is pointed at the sky, tilted at an angle to the right. Mountains are visible in the background and the sky is cloudy; a portion of a vehicle sideview mirror is visible in the lower-right corner of the photograph.

West Texas vista

Photograph of a Desert Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus crooki, taken at Davis Mountains State Park. It is bending down next to a tree.

Photograph of a Desert Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus crooki, taken at Davis Mountains State Park. It is bending down.

Photograph of a Desert Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus crooki. It is bending down to inspect something on the ground in front of a tree.

Photograph of a West Texas wash on the Sproul Ranch.

The Reeves County Courthouse, built in 1937.

Dedication plaque: REEVES COUNTY COURT HOUSE. ERECTED 1937

Photograph of a memorial plaque for George Reeves on Reeves County Courthouse grounds. It reads: "County named for Texas Confederate George R. Reeves (1826 - 1882). Organized, captained company in 11th Texas Cavalry start Civil War. Served in Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kentucky. Invasion of 1862 assigned to Wheeler's Cavalry in Tennessee. Promoted Colonel and command of 11th Cavalry 1863. Led regiment Chickamauga in 1864, fought in 100-day Atlanta campaign, guerilla warfare against Sherman's march to the sea. In battle at Savannah in 1865. Participated Carolinas campaign. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas, 1963."

Memorial says: "Dedicated to the eternal memory of the men of Reeves County and Barstow. Who gave their lives Korean Conflict Reeves County Ruben J. Gomez MIA 11-2-50 Thomas R. Russell 11-4-51 Walter L. Hood MIA -51 Viet Nam Conflict Reeves County Larry A. Bradley 1-7-70 William M. Harrison 2-6-69 Otha Weldon Exum 2-8-68 Richard L. Henry 6-24-69 Manuel M. Gonzales 12-10-67 Joe M. Juarez 12-10-68 Ernesto S. Perea 3-26-68 Barstow Jose Renteria Diaz 4-12-69 Emilio Gamboa Garcia 1-23-68 John F. Hummel MIA 3-6-71 "Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends."

DEDICATED TO THE ETERNAL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF REEVES COUNTY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1941-1945. ACOSTA, PASOUAL E KEHOE, GEORGE F. ALEXANDER, ROBERT LEE LARA, JUAN BAKER, ROBERT ORA MORA, BERNARDIAO D. BERKSTRESSER, GEORGE B. OLGUIN, FRANCISCO A. CHAVEZ, FRUTOSA R. ORTEGA FRANCISCO C. COPE, HORACE LEE POWERS, JIM CURTIS, HENRY HARDIN, JR. ROMERO, JOSE C. DIAZ, BONAFACIO SCOTT, C.W. DIAZ, JOSE SUBIA, FERNANDO M. DURDIN, M.A. URTADO, FRANK F. FLOYD, ANGUS PAUL VALENCIA, SANCHEZ R. HLREDIA, CATARINO M. VILLALOBOS, ROGELIO B. HILL, JOE DELBERT WILLIAMS, CHARLES, JR. THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD: AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

DEDICATED TO [THE] MEMORY OF THE DECEASED VETERANS OF REEVES COUNTY TEXAS

Ward County Courthouse, Monahans. Built 1940 by architects Townes & Funk. It replaced the 1893 courthouse that was located in Barstow.

Ward County Courthouse, Monahans

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN & WOMEN FROM WARD COUNTY WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN ALL WORLD WARS THAT LIBERTY SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH

Ward County Courthouse, silhouette sign

Photograph of Monahans Sandhills State Park.

Photograph of Monahans Sandhills State Park.

Photograph of Monahans Sandhills State Park Vistors Center.

Photograph of Monahans Sandhills State Park.