Since leaving his role in Fort Stockton as Pecos County Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Russell Tippin has always kept a place in his heart for the community and the people who live in it.
It’s a place where both of his kids were born and a location where he formed many close friendships over an 11-year period (1999-2010) that still stand to this day.
In 1868, Peter J. Gallagher bought the land that included the military garrison and Comanche Springs, platted 160 acres for a town site named Saint Gall, and established two stores at Comanche Springs. The Saint Gall area had first been surveyed in 1859 by Anson Mills of El Paso as a site for the original post. The platted subdivision shows “Initial Point Center of Plaza.” Zero Stone, in the center of the plaza, marks the base point for all surveys in what became Pecos County.
Following in their father’s footsteps was not initially in the fold for Christiana Valadez and Adrian Valadez.
Their father, Albert Valadez, was an extremely successful attorney their entire lives growing up and although he may have wanted a few of his kids to become lawyers, the San Angelo native never pushed them down the same path he went down.
Checking on the black cat in his truck, Robert Christopher of South Carolina made a brief stop in Fort Stockton for some fuel, snacks, and a cold Mountain Dew.
Some people work at their jobs as only a means to provide for their family and live a lifestyle they desire.
Others view their jobs as a something they are good at and have the ability to make a career of it.
For Fort Stockton native Rosalinda Esquivel, her passion and love for nursing is what is leading her to the path of developing the next generation of nurses in Fort Stockton and Pecos County.
Who’s the best barbecuer in Fort Stockton you may ask?
Fort Stockton native Jimmy Stephens might just be your guy. And his sons Aaron Stephens and Brian Stephens, who now live in Midland, might just be right up there with their father.
The three don’t claim to be, but the product speaks for itself.
In 2008, the Stephens’ entered a different realm of barbecuing when Jimmy and his oldest son Aaron decided to start competing in barbecue cookoffs around the state.
