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Lamesa
(Encyclopedia) LamesaLamesaləmēˈsə [key], city (1990 pop. 10,809), seat of Dawson co., NW Tex., in the Llano Estacado; inc. 1917. Lamesa is a processing and shipping center for an irrigated area…Roddenberry, Gene
(Encyclopedia) Roddenberry, Gene (Eugene Wesley Roddenberry), 1921–91, American television writer and producer, b. El Paso, Tex. After being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal…Portales
(Encyclopedia) PortalesPortalespôrtălˈĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 10,690), seat of Roosevelt co., E N.Mex., near the Tex. line; inc. 1910. It is the trade and processing center of an agricultural area…Palestine, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) PalestinePalestinepălˈəstēn [key], city (1990 pop. 18,042), seat of Anderson co., E Tex.; inc. 1871. It is a market, processing, and rail center for a rich oil area and for the truck…Paris, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) ParisParispârˈĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 24,699), seat of Lamar co., E Tex., in the Red River valley; settled 1824. It is a processing center for the rich farms of the blackland region…Grand Prairie
(Encyclopedia) Grand Prairie, city (2020 pop. 196,100), Dallas and Tarrant counties, N Tex., halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth; inc. 1909. Located…Bryan
(Encyclopedia) Bryan, city (2020 pop. 83,980), seat of Brazos co., E central Tex.; inc. 1872. Settled in the early 19th cent. in an area of large…Borger
(Encyclopedia) Borger Borger bôrˈgər [key], city (2020 pop. 12,551), Hutchinson co., extreme N Tex., in the…Bradley, Tom
(Encyclopedia) Bradley, Tom (Thomas Bradley), 1917–98, African-American politician, b. Calvert, Tex. A sharecropper's son who became (1940) a Los Angeles police officer, he earned (1956) a law degree…Carrollton
(Encyclopedia) Carrollton. 1 City (2020 pop. 26,738), seat of Carroll co., W Ga., on the Little Tallapoosa River; inc. 1897. Manufacturing includes…