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The city of rodessa named in 1896, took over two smaller nearby communities spoonful and frog level, named for the noise of the frogs in a nearby pond. A lifesized statue of clio, the muse of history, points to a book, which is. Drilling on the texas side of the field began on december 24, 1936, with the completion of the r. Source of the red bull name included in the obituary of jack c.
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