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Cold War Texas: Strategic Bombers, Missile Silos, Pantex and a State Built for DeterrenceFrom B-36 bombers at Fort Worth and Atlas missile silos around Abilene to U-2 missions from Laughlin and nuclear-warhead work at Pantex, Texas became one of the country's most important Cold War military landscapes.
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Magnolia Market at the SilosA 5.2-acre downtown Waco destination built around historic grain silos, with Magnolia's flagship market, gardens, food, small shops and public gathering spaces.
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Texas Closing Costs and Cash to CloseUnderstand lender charges, title services, prepaids, escrow deposits and the final amount a buyer must bring to closing.
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Apse | Painted Church GlossaryA projecting or visually defined end of a church, often behind the altar or sanctuary.
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Cruciform Plan | Painted Church GlossaryA church plan shaped like a cross, usually created by a nave intersecting a transept.
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Gothic Revival | Painted Church GlossaryA nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century revival of medieval Gothic forms such as pointed arches, vertical emphasis, buttresses and vaulting.
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Groin Vault | Painted Church GlossaryA vault formed by the intersection of two barrel vaults, producing diagonal groins.
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Lancet Window | Painted Church GlossaryA tall, narrow window ending in a pointed arch, characteristic of Gothic and Gothic Revival architecture.
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Lost Alaskan RV ParkRV park or campground directory profile near Alpine, Brewster County.
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Lost Maples State Natural Area RV CampgroundRV park or campground directory profile near Vanderpool, Bandera County.
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Narthex | Painted Church GlossaryAn entrance or vestibule area at the front of a church, separated conceptually from the nave.
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Nave | Painted Church GlossaryThe principal longitudinal space of a church where the congregation gathers.
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Reredos | Painted Church GlossaryAn ornamental screen, structure or decorated surface rising behind an altar.
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Sanctuary | Painted Church GlossaryThe part of a church around the altar and principal liturgical furnishings.
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Texas Painted Church Architecture GlossaryArchitecture terms including nave, apse, sanctuary, reredos, transept, groin vault, lancet windows and Gothic Revival.
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Transept | Painted Church GlossaryA transverse arm crossing the nave and helping create a cross-shaped church plan.
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Trompe-l'œil | Painted Church GlossaryA visual technique that fools the eye by making painted forms appear architectural, three-dimensional or materially real.
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Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife RefugeA Lower Rio Grande Valley refuge protecting thornscrub, coastal prairie, wetlands and Laguna Madre habitat used by ocelots, aplomado falcons and hundreds of bird species.
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BastropBastrop is a Colorado River town east of Austin where one of Texas' oldest communities, a preserved downtown, the Old Iron Bridge and the isolated Lost Pines forest create a rare mix of history and outdoor recreation.
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Bastrop State ParkA historic Lost Pines park east of Austin where CCC stonework, loblolly pine forest and an evolving wildfire-recovery landscape frame hiking, camping and a scenic connection to Buescher State Park.