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Why a desk has been at the top of this Texas hill for nearly 40 years

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A school desk from the University below up at the top of this mountain. It has now been decorated by visitors with art and graffiti along with their notes in the log book in the desk drawer.

"At the top of Hancock Hill out west in Alpine, Texas sits a school desk with a unique lineage.

It was in 1981 that Sul Ross Industrial Tech Education students Jim Kitchen, Bill Wagner and Travis Miller lugged the desk up to the top of the hill.

According to the Sul Ross website entry on the desk, the trio were looking for a quiet place to study away from others. It didn't hurt that the view was rather pretty, too.

Kitchen left a notebook in the desk and soon others were venturing to the top of the hill to study and leave notes in the notebook.

It's a 20-minute hike to the desk from a parking lot near the school's Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library." (visit link)

Type of publication: Internet Only When was the article reported?: 03/12/2018 Publication: Houston Chronicle Article Url: [Web Link] Is Registration Required?: no How widespread was the article reported?: regional News Category: Society/People

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