Sports
May 2, 2022
A Day at the Races in Presidio
The quiet border town hosts amateur drag races at the Presidio International Raceway, featuring anything from souped-up muscle cars to pickup trucks.
Presidio
Border & Immigration
January 24, 2022
Presidio Officials Worried About a New Trade Route for Truckers. Locals Saw an Opportunity.
With an obscure change in Mexican trade policy, the cash-strapped border town started seeing more visitors.
Country Notes
June 17, 2021
A Forgotten Burial Site in Presidio Tells the Story of a Disappearing Border History
A small group fights to save a cemetery and what remains of a Lipan Apache existence in the Big Bend.
Border & Immigration
July 23, 2019
The Other Side of the Border
Frustrated by the perception of the border as a lawless land, two native sons embarked on a 1,200-mile journey to capture, through a series of images and letters, the region’s untold stories.
Books
August 2, 2018
The Road to ‘Presidio’
Randy Kennedy on the Texas locales that helped shape his debut novel.
Travel & Outdoors
January 20, 2013
On the Road Again—Big Bend
South from Alpine to Study Butte, west to Presidio, north to Marfa, and east to Alpine.
Travel & Outdoors
January 20, 2013
Radio
Play-by-play coverage of high school baseball in Alpine, polka and Pan-American music in El Campo: More than a dozen reasons not to touch that dial.
Feature
May 31, 2011
Chinati Mountains
Where it is: 20 miles north of PresidioWhat you’ll do: Explore remote West Texas by Jeep and on footWhere you’ll sleep: In one of five cabins built by the former ownersWhat you’ll learn: Legend has it that the name is Apache for “pass,” but no one knows for sure
Border & Immigration
September 30, 2001
A Tale of Two Cities
To residents of Presidio and Ojinaga, the international border that separates them had always seemed irrelevant. They crossed it easily, spoke the same language, and considered themselves part of the same community. When Mexican authorities wrongly imprisoned a Texas grocer in April, that relationship changed dramatically—and it hasn't been the
Food & Drink
June 30, 1996
State Fare
Penne for your thoughts: You’ll never say basta to the pasta with vegetables and mixed greens at the Presidio in San Antonio.