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Carl Sterling: Lived here in
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Ranger, Eastland, Texas
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Ranger is a city in Eastland
County, Texas,
United
States. The population was 2,584 at the 2000 census.
Ranger
College, a community
college, is the second largest employer in the
community.
During the 1920s, Ranger, like nearby Cisco,
Eastland,
and Desdemona,
were petroleum
boomtowns.
The Ranger Antique Airfield (F23), established in 1928,
is the third oldest airport in Texas. Amelia
Earhart landed at the field in 1931 in her Pitcairn
Autogyro. Managed by Charles Calvert, the airport held its
first air show in May 2008. Jared Calvert, a local pilot,
was featured on Bob
Phillips' Texas
Country Reporter television
series to bring public awareness to the effort of
preserving the historic site.[3]
The airport has two grass runways. 1-19; 2730 ft. x 80 ft. /
18-36; 1950 ft. x 60 ft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger,_Texas
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Oil-field boom town of Ranger in
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