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Alpine

Town and administrative headquarters of Brewster County, west Texas, USA; population (2000) 5,800. It is situated 306 km/190 mi southeast of El Paso, between the Glass and Davis mountains, and is in the largest Texas county; Brewster County is larger in area than the state of Connecticut. The town was founded in 1882 with the arrival of the railway; it became a cattle and sheep raising centre, and developed later into a resort, with the nearby ‘Texas Alps’, Big Bend region, ghost towns, and dude ranches serving as popular attractions. It remains a trade centre, with some light manufactures. It is home to Sul Ross State University (1917).



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In the homely Alpine villages or in the lonely mountain passes, I could tell by his quick glancing eyes and his sharp scrutiny of every face that passed us, that he was well convinced that, walk where we would, we could not walk ourselves clear of the danger which was dogging our footsteps.
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But in most creatures, nay in man himself, very often the brow is but a mere strip of alpine land lying along the snow line.
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