(Allison V. Smith)

Eye on Texas: Marfa

by Allison Smith

April 7, 2015, 12:34 PM, CDT

A version of this story ran in the March 2015 issue.

Texas wildfire. Marfa, Texas

Marfa

Marfa

Marfa

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