Endless West Texas

Published: January 16, 2013 Updated: January 17, 2018

By Nathan Swartz

If you’ve ever seen a Western, ever imagined the Wild West might still exist, but just knew in your heart that it didn’t…well, there’s some very good news coming your way.

West Texas is exactly that place.

Yes, there are fast food chains in West Texas. In the entire 26,000 some square miles that make up WTX there are some five McDonalds…

But mostly, West Texas is this:

Marfa Water Tower — Photograph by Cody Austin

Moo-bossy — Photograph by Cody Austin

Hotel bienvenido, alpine, tx — Photograph by Christa Lohman

a local mariachi band in Marathon, TX — Photograph by Nathan

Chevrolet — Photograph by Cody Austin

Marfa Courthouse — Photograph by Cody Austin

a child sips a Mexican Coke — Photograph by Nathan

Balmorhea State Park — Photograph by Angi English

Contrabando Abandoned Movie Set, Big Bend, Texas (Picture a Day November 27, 2010) — Photograph by Matthew High

Scenic view of the Pecos River Bridge at US 90 (pecosbridge36xy) — Photograph by Matt High

a Mexican man — Photograph by Nathan

ring-necked snake — Photograph by S. Reilly

Approaching Big Bend National Park, Along FM 170 (Explored) — Photograph by R. Hensley

a Volkwagen Bus parked at a roadside gas station — Photograph by Nathan

a tunnel to Mexico — Photograph by Daniel James

Window Rock — Photograph by Woody Hibbard

Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park (Explored) — Photograph by R. Hensley

Chisos Mountains — Photograph by Cherie Benoit

Big Bend National Park, Texas — Photograph by Robbie

The Long Road — Photograph by Corey Leopold

rain over big bend — Photograph by Daniel James

The Crow & The Moon [Explored] — Photograph by Dave Morrow

Photograph by Katherine Strickland

Dollar-Eighty-Eight Gas! 2 — Photograph by Bill Herndon

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Photograph by Brittanie Pendleton

For context — Photograph by Claire L. Evans

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Cowboy Boots (Exhibition Crop) — Photograph by Dave Wilson Photography

Photograph by Cody Austin

Neil Berrett — Photograph by Nate Bolt

big bend — Photograph by Staci Myers

Иля Кабоков, "Школа номер шесть" - Chinati / Marfa — Photograph by Rachel G. Goss

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