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    Lamesa (/ləˈmiːsə/ lə-MEE-sə) is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Texas, United States. The population was 8,674 at the 2020 census, down...
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    is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,456. The county seat is Lamesa. The county was created in 1876 and...
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    County, Texas, that has since been absorbed into nearby Jarrell. The family later moved to Lamesa, Texas, where Smith graduated in 1928 from Lamesa High...
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  • Kilmer B. Corbin (category People from Lamesa, Texas)
    January 7, 1993), was an American politician and attorney who served in the Texas State Senate from 1949 to 1957. Corbin was the father of actor Barry Corbin...
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    of Lamesa, Texas is claimed as the source of the dish. Governor Rick Perry declared it the "birthplace of the chicken fried steak" in 2011. Lamesa hosts...
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    Barry Corbin (category People from Lamesa, Texas)
    He graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas. Corbin studied theatre arts at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. At 21, he joined the U.S...
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    19, 1990. Business U.S. Highway 87-K is the old route of US 87 through Lamesa. It was formed on December 10, 1946 as Loop 218 on Lynn Avenue. On June...
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  • Bill Schoening (category People from Lamesa, Texas)
    Illinois for about a year, before moving to Lamesa, Texas. In Lamesa, he did radio broadcasts for the Lamesa High School Golden Tornados, including football...
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    I-27N, with I-27E replacing the proposed I-27 between Sterling City and Lamesa. Texas SH 238 in Port Lavaca Future I-69 / US 59 in Victoria US 77 in Victoria...
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    Chicken-fried steak (category Texan cuisine)
    immigrants to Texas in the 19th century, who brought recipes for Wiener schnitzel from Europe to the USA. Lamesa, the seat of Dawson County on the Texas South...
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  • Bo Robinson (category People from Lamesa, Texas)
    draft. He played college football at West Texas A&M University and attended Lamesa High School in Lamesa, Texas. "BO ROBINSON". profootballarchives.com...
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  • The Lamesa Lobos (a.k.a. Lamesa Dodgers and Lamesa Indians) were a minor league baseball team based in Lamesa, Texas. They played in the West Texas–New...
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    translators) KBXJ (FM) Radio from neighboring Lamesa, Texas KTPR (FM) Public Radio licensed nearby Stanton, Texas The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates...
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    Lamesa High School is a public high school located in Lamesa, Texas and classified as a 3A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is...
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  • Preston E. Smith Unit (category Prisons in Texas)
    Smith Unit is a state prison for men located in Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas, owned and operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. This facility...
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    He was also known as Gene Iglesias. He died from a heart attack in Lamesa, Texas, on 4 February 2023, at the age of 96. Ancestry: Eugenio Luis Francisco...
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    Steve Pearce (politician) (category People from Lamesa, Texas)
    Cangiolosi. He was re-elected in December 2020. Pearce was born in Lamesa, Texas, and raised in Hobbs, New Mexico. He attended college at New Mexico...
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    Fabens, Fort Davis, Fort Stockton, Hale Center, Horizon City, Iraan, Kermit, Lamesa, Levelland, Littlefield, Marathon, Marfa, McCamey, Mertzon, Monahans, Ozona...
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    Lamesa Field is an abandoned military airfield located about 8 miles (13 km) north-northeast of Lamesa, Texas. The airfield was opened in on 1 June 1942...
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  • Argentina La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Colombia La Mesada (disambiguation) Lamesa, Texas, US Las Mesas, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain This...
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    routed via SH 158 from Sterling City to Midland and SH 349 from Midland to Lamesa; I-327 would utilize US 287 from Dumas to the Oklahoma state line. On August...
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    Guadalupe Radio Network (category Organizations based in Midland, Texas)
    KPDE-FM 91.5, Eden, Texas K210BX-FM 89.9, Van Horn, Texas KDCJ-FM 91.5, Kermit, Texas KBKN-FM 91.3, Lamesa, Texas KQOA-FM 91.1, Morton, Texas KSIF-FM 91.7,...
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  • Johnny Avalos (category People convicted of murder by Texas)
    imprisoned at the Preston E. Smith Unit in Lamesa, Texas. Violence against women in the United States Crime in Texas List of serial killers in the United States...
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  • Don Walser (category People from Lamesa, Texas)
    unique, award-winning yodeling "Texas country music legend." Walser was born in Brownfield, Texas and raised in Lamesa. A roots musician since he was 11...
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  • KPET (category Radio stations in Texas)
    KPET (690 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Lamesa, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Dawson County Broadcasting LLC/DCB License Sub...
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    Lubbock, on the Llano Estacado near Lamesa. It flows generally southeast out of the Llano Estacado and through the Texas Hill Country, then through several...
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    1946–1954) El Paso Texans (1955), moved to Southwestern League 1956–1957, moved from Arizona–Texas League 1952–1954 Lamesa Lobos (1939–1941); Lamesa Dodgers (1942);...
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    The highways travel concurrently through Carlsbad. Texas US 62 / US 385 in Seminole US 87 in Lamesa. The highways travel concurrently to south of Los Ybanez...
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  • Gaines Davis (category Players of American football from Abilene, Texas)
    War II. He later operated a beauty salon with his wife in Lamesa, Texas. He died in Lamesa in 1972 at age 58. "Gaines Davis". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved...
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    Llano Estacado (category Regions of Texas)
    Big Spring, and Lamesa, Texas, and Hobbs, Clovis, and Portales, New Mexico. Map of Texas counties with population density Lubbock, Texas, the largest city...
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