TheNiche Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 (edited) This one should be pretty easy. Where is this? The clue: Texas. EDIT: For bonus points, see below. Edited December 22, 2006 by TheNiche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Hmm....It would be appropriate if this was located in Happy, TX. The town was so named because early settlers were happy to find water there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 Hmm....It would be appropriate if this was located in Happy, TX. The town was so named because early settlers were happy to find water there. No, I wouldn't make the subtitle the answer...or would I? > Seriously though, that's not it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Rats. Here's Happy's less-than-happy water tower: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Smithville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 SmithvilleYep. Mark F. Barnes is the winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Was actually easy for me, I stared at that damn thing everyday for a while. Drilled a lot of Austin Chalk wells right near the thing, The smiley face use to be blue I am pretty sure, the tower is actually 7 miles from the city limits, right at the fork of FM-2104 and FM-153 right in the intersection on the right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 (edited) For bonus points, we have another water tower photo. The clue is that I was driving precisely 57mph while taking this shot. Pay close attention the the background. Edited December 16, 2006 by TheNiche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beltway Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 For bonus points, we have another water tower photo. The clue is that I was driving precisely 57mph while taking this shot.Pay close attention the the background. Is that in Tyler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Alamo Water Tower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 Is that in Tyler?No.Alamo Water TowerNo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 For bonus points, we have another water tower photo. The clue is that I was driving precisely 57mph while taking this shot.Pay close attention the the background.Clue: Courthouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I seen that Sycamore tree at the left at some river before its got to be around San Jacinto River area. my last guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 I seen that Sycamore tree at the left at some river before its got to be around San Jacinto River area. my last guess.Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beltway Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Clue: Courthouse.Brenham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 BrenhamBrenham doesn't have a river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunchbox Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Brenham doesn't have a river.The 2nd one is in Bastrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 (edited) The 2nd one is in BastropNope. Edited December 21, 2006 by TheNiche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 (edited) Nope.Somewhere around Navasota? Or La Grange? Is that a courthouse cupola I see peeking from behind those trees in the distance? Your photos remind me of a very funny sight I wish I'd taken a picture of on the Interstate going north out of Chattanooga Tennessee. I've been through there a couple of times and it was still there on my last trip in the late 80s. On a high hill outside Chattanooga, there are -- or were -- two large hat-box style water tanks -- the same kind and size our refineries down here store oil in. I'm assuming they're water tanks because they're labeled -- in very large letters readable from a mile away -- HOT and COLD. I laughed so hard I almost drove off the road. Edited December 22, 2006 by FilioScotia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 Somewhere around Navasota? Or La Grange? Is that a courthouse cupola I see peeking from behind those trees in the distance?No. No.Is that a courthouse cupola I see peeking from behind those trees in the distance?It is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 One last guess for meThe Wharton County courthouse, looking eastward from Hwy 59 down whatever river runs through that area. The San Bernard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 The Wharton County courthouse, looking eastward from Hwy 59 down whatever river runs through that area. The San Bernard?Nope. But at least you're referring to green rivers as opposed to brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Man Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Columbus, TXGoing westbound on I-10 over the Colorado River. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 22, 2006 Author Share Posted December 22, 2006 Columbus, TXGoing westbound on I-10 over the Colorado River.Winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 That's a good shotI checked the alignment of highway vantage point, bend in the river and the courthouse dome on GoogleEarth just to see for myself. I didn't think the courthouse in Columbus is that close to the freeway.It's interesting because, you recall, that one of my guesses was the Wharton County courthouse in Wharton. GoogleEarth showed an identical alignment of highway vantage point, bend of a river and courthouse dome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted December 23, 2006 Author Share Posted December 23, 2006 I checked the alignment of highway vantage point, bend in the river and the courthouse dome on GoogleEarth just to see for myself. I didn't think the courthouse in Columbus is that close to the freeway.It's interesting because, you recall, that one of my guesses was the Wharton County courthouse in Wharton. GoogleEarth showed an identical alignment of highway vantage point, bend of a river and courthouse dome.Strange but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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