Sanderson visitor center

Small towns, big stories!

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December 15th 2015
We stopped in tonight at a town called Marathon, pronounced "mair-ee-then" it has got to be one of the cutest towns! It is the turn off on hwy 90 to go to big bend, which is another 80 miles south, they get a lot of travelers stopping on their way through. Marathon has some great little restaurants and shops but there are also a few empty building like an old soda shop and a gas station that are j ... read more

North America » United States » Texas

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more