🌱 How this travel writer captures Marfa’s art, courthouse views, and night sky
Marfa, Texas Patch AM: a 3 min readWhat's up Marfa! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How this travel writer captures Marfa’s art, courthouse views, and night sky
- How a nearby ranch is quietly gearing up for border wall work
- Meet the Marfa neighbors helping lead the No Big Bend Wall fight
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 88, low: 64.
- Sunday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 87 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 12 Hidden Texas Cities Off The Tourist Map (myfamilytravels.com) — Marfa gets a dedicated spotlight here as a quiet, art-driven desert town, with stops like the Chinati Foundation, Presidio County Courthouse, and the Marfa Lights viewing area. The broader piece highlights 11 other lesser-known Texas destinations, but Marfa stands out for its wide-open streets, minimalist galleries, and stargazing that locals and visitors alike can still enjoy anytime. 
• YETI co-founder tied to West Texas ranch involved in border wall preparations (bigbendtimes.com) — Marfa Public Radio reports that a YETI co-founder is among the owners of a large West Texas ranch now helping stage equipment and materials for the planned Big Bend border wall. The ranch spans Presidio, Jeff Davis and Hudspeth counties, offering Rio Grande access and construction resources as federal officials move closer to starting wall segments despite ongoing regional opposition.
• Meet the people behind the No Big Bend Wall campaign (bigbendtimes.com) — Marfa residents Hillary Pierce and Clara Bensen are key leaders in the No Big Bend Wall campaign, handling finances, communications and legal support for landowners. The coalition, rooted in West Texas communities like Marfa, Valentine and Terlingua, is organizing opposition to proposed border barriers they say would damage Big Bend’s environment, heritage and access for locals.
📸 Around Marfa
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🗞 Nearby News
Presidio
- Data center investors seek large portions of land in Presidio (bigbendsentinel.com)
- Border wall staging site set up in Presidio (bigbendsentinel.com)
- Advocacy groups warn Presidio border concertina wire endangers lives, demand immediate removal from Rio Grande floodplain (bigbendtimes.com)
Ok Marfa! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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