[meteorite-list] NPA 06-29-1958 Odessa Craters Called Tourist Asset

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: The Odessa American
City: Odessa, Texas
Date: Sunday, June 29, 1958
Page: 33

Local Meteor Craters Called Tourist Asset

     "Odessa has the least-publicized and most unknown wonder of the world 
within a few miles of the city and the Women In Construction Club might do 
well to put it on its list of projects to be supported."
     Tracy Byers of the Odessa American, speaker at the Thursday night 
meeting of the WIC's declared that the Odessa Meteor Craters southwest of 
town should be developed as a tourist attraction.
     "The opening of Interstate Route 20 will bring the greatest number of 
tourists in history across this section of the country, and with all the new 
motels and improvements in old ones, Odessa can offer perfect accommodations 
for all." Byers said.
     He related efforts of past years to develop the meteor cater site, and 
half-hearted efforts of various groups to develop the craters. First 
national attention was called in the Odessa meteor craters in 1926, when a 
Philadelphia scientist visited here and wrote about them, Byers reported, 
adding,
     "At present there are neither road signs nor markers to show anyone how 
to get there. The site also needs improvements."
     The WIC members approved doing what publicity they could for the 
craters, which have what is described by scientists as the third largest 
meteor in the world imbedded in the earth. In the discussion, several club 
members said they never had heard of the craters before.
     Virginia Porter presided at the meeting in the absence of President 
Bobbie Layton. Members voted to hold a box supper on Friday night, July 25, 
to raise money for their pet charity.
     They previously voted to select Otto's Boy's Ranch as the organization 
they would work for.
     A number of members indicated that they would attend the national 
convention of Women In Construction in the Shamrock-Hilton Hotel in Houston 
in September.

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Mark Bostick
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