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CONTENTS Legacy Sponsors...........
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INTRODUCTION ABILENE, TEXAS: Heart
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“We have a can-do attitude. If it
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CHAPTER ONE 9
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CHAPTER ONE 11
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The 12th Armored Division Memorial
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CHAPTER ONE 15
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CHAPTER ONE 17
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Jean Prescott and Jeff Gore. CHAPTE
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CHAPTER ONE 21
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Frontier Texas! CHAPTER ONE 23
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The restoration of the Paramount pr
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CHAPTER ONE 27
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Close your eyes and imagine giganti
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Economic leaders are on top of idea
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Opposite: The TSTC training facilit
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Above: Agriculture is a stalwart of
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A forest of wind turbines. Green en
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ABILENE, TEXAS: HEART OF THE BIG CO
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CHAPTER THREE PLACES ABILENE, TEXAS
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ABILENE, TEXAS: HEART OF THE BIG CO
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Right: The old Weather Bureau Build
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The Abilene Zoo. Just across Highwa
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Right: Abilene Public Library Oppos
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This page: Lake Kirby. Opposite: Ly
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The Abilene Eagle’s Nest stonewor
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Above: The Caldwell Fine Arts Build
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The Grace Museum. ABILENE, TEXAS: H
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A colorful history, a remarkable pr
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sanitation safeguards AbiMar Foods
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locations as these upgrades have cr
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Since 1989, Lawrence Hall Abilene h
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McMahon Surovik Suttle, P.C., is on
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Located in a historic building, DAT
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The aftermath of a fire or flood ca
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From humble beginnings as the Hendr
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Since its origins in 1973, as a sma
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Deer on the bank of the Brazos Rive
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Building a Greater Abilene Abilene
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lookout for quality employees, and
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locations include the Holiday Inn E
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Inside those facilities, skilled wo
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award, given by the Abilene Chamber
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whom we can create enduring relatio
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selling houses. As it turned out, t
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the growth and progress of these re
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Atmos Energy is committed to being
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New products, new rules and regulat
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CommunityResourseDirectory LiveLoca
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COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY 217
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About the Photographer Steve Butman
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