ASARCO ASARCO was American Smelting and Refining Company, based, I think in El Paso. In its era, there was a horrible, quite possibly toxic, cloud that hung from the heavens, courtesy of the old ASARCO stack. ASARCO in perpetuity, and beyond, with a final, parting shot. I’d wonder about it, but apparently, it wasn’t locally … ASARCO

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase. The image was taken from the side of an RV, parked downtown, in San Antonio, and all I could think? “It’s the Louisiana Purchase!” In the last half-dozen years, I’ve covered most of that, with echoes and memories bouncing off the map’s state outlines. While, strictly speaking, it’s not the … Louisiana Purchase