Editing Van Horn, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
| image_skyline      = Van Horn in 2018.jpg
| image_caption      = Van Horn in 2018
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| mapsize            = 240px
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| pushpin_relief     = yes
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Van Horn in Texas and the US
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Culberson County, Texas|Culberson]]
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{Cite web |title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt |access-date=August 7, 2020 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 7.35
| area_land_km2      = 7.35
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 2.84
| area_land_sq_mi    = 2.84
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_total   = 1941
| population_density_km2 = 264.08
| population_density_sq_mi = 683.45
| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = −6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = −5
| elevation_m        = 1232
| elevation_ft       = 4042
| coordinates        = {{Coord|31|2|33|N|104|49|59|W|region:US-TX_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 79855
| area_code          = [[Area code 432|432]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-75032<ref name="GR2">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1370571<ref name="GR3">{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2007 |title=US Board on Geographic Names |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.vanhorntexas.org/}}
}}

'''Van Horn''' is a town in and the [[county seat]] of [[Culberson County, Texas]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{Cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> According to the 2010 census, Van Horn had a population of 2,063,<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Van Horn Town, Texas |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4875032 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213050328/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4875032 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref> down from 2,435 at the 2000 census. The [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] results detailed a decline in population to 1,941. Van Horn's official newspaper is ''The Van Horn Advocate''. The town is the westernmost [[incorporated community]] in the United States that uses the [[Central Time Zone]], located on the same line of longitude as [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]], and [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. Its earliest sunset in the beginning of December is the latest among incorporated towns in the United States, occurring no earlier than 5:56 pm.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/@7175821?month=12 | title=Sunrise and sunset times in Town of van Horn, December 2023 }}</ref>

==History==
Anglo-Texan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anglo-American Colonization |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uma01 |website=The Handbook of Texas Online}}</ref> settlement began in the late 1850s and early 1860s supportive of the [[San Antonio–El Paso Road|San Antonio-El Paso]] [[Butterfield Overland Mail|Overland Mail]] route.<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Antonio-El Paso Mail |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eus01 |website=The Handbook of Texas Online}} For more on the establishment of this route, see {{Cite book |last1=United States Army, Corps of Topographical Engineers |url=https://archive.org/details/reportssecretar01engigoog |title=Reports of the Secretary of War: with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso |first2=Joseph |last2=Eggleston Johnston |first3=Francis T. |last3=Bryan |first4=Randolph Barnes |last4=Marcy |first5=William F. |last5=Smith |first6=N. H. |last6=Michler |first7=S. G. |last7=French |first8=W. H. C. |last8=Whiting |first9=James H. |last9=Simpson |publisher=Union Office |year=1850 |location=Washington, DC |access-date=May 22, 2009}}</ref> Although U.S. Army Major [[Jefferson Van Horne]] is believed to have passed near the area in 1849 on his way to take command of what would later become [[Fort Bliss]], the town is instead named for Lieutenant James Judson Van Horn who commanded an army garrison at the Van Horn Wells beginning in 1859. Lieutenant Van Horn's command was relatively short-lived, as the post was seized by [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] forces in 1861 and Lieutenant Van Horn was taken prisoner.<ref>Regarding prisoner exchanges including Lt. Van Horn see January 26, 1862, correspondence from J. P. Benjamin to Major General Benjamin Huger in {{Cite book |last=United States War Department |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AIVAAAAYAAJ&q=van+horn&pg=PA782 |title=The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Volume III) |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1891 |location=Washington, DC |page=782 (and others) |access-date=May 21, 2009}}</ref> Settlement was further stimulated by the construction of the [[Texas and Pacific Railway]] in 1881.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Van Horn, Texas |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgv01 |website=The Handbook of Texas Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Van Horne, Jefferson |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fva08 |website=The Handbook of Texas Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cullum |first1=George Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cstAAAAYAAJ&dq=jefferson-van-horne&pg=PA400 |title=Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.: From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890; with the Early History of the United States Military Academy |first2=Edward Singleton |last2=Holden |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin & Company |year=1891 |location=Boston |page=400 |access-date=May 21, 2009}}</ref> The town has several buildings on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] including the [[First Presbyterian Church (Van Horn, Texas)|First Presbyterian Church]] (now Primera Iglesia Bautista), built in 1901.

==Geography==
Van Horn is located in southwestern Culberson County at {{Coord|31|2|33|N|104|49|59|W|type:city}} (31.042489, –104.832928).<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2011 |title=US Gazetteer Files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=April 23, 2011 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> [[Interstate 10 in Texas|Interstate 10]] passes through the town, leading east {{convert|120|mi}} to [[Fort Stockton, Texas|Fort Stockton]] and northwest {{convert|118|mi}} to [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]. Van Horn is the western terminus of [[U.S. Route 90 in Texas|U.S. Route 90]]; from Van Horn it leads southeast {{convert|73|mi}} to [[Marfa, Texas|Marfa]]. [[Texas State Highway 54]] leads north from Van Horn {{convert|65|mi}} to [[Pine Springs, Texas|Pine Springs]] and the [[Guadalupe Mountains]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|7.3|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010" /> Threemile Peak, elevation {{convert|4868|ft}}, rises to the northwest overlooking the town.

{{Gallery |width=200 |File:Van Horn Eagle Field 2008.jpg |The old Eagle Field, before the 2014 construction of the new stadium, with Threemile Peak in the background |File:Threemile Mt 2008.jpg |Threemile Peak, with a white "V" for Van Horn on it}}

===Climate===
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 | location    = Van Horn, Texas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1942–present)
 | Jan record high F  = 80
 | Feb record high F  = 88
 | Mar record high F  = 94
 | Apr record high F  = 100
 | May record high F  = 105
 | Jun record high F  = 112
 | Jul record high F  = 108
 | Aug record high F  = 108
 | Sep record high F  = 104
 | Oct record high F  = 98
 | Nov record high F  = 87
 | Dec record high F  = 82
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 | Jan high F = 59.1
 | Feb high F = 64.2
 | Mar high F = 71.6
 | Apr high F = 78.8
 | May high F = 86.6
 | Jun high F = 94.5
 | Jul high F = 92.9
 | Aug high F = 91.9
 | Sep high F = 85.9
 | Oct high F = 78.7
 | Nov high F = 68.1
 | Dec high F = 59.2
 | year high F = 77.6
 | Jan mean F = 44.6
 | Feb mean F = 49.0
 | Mar mean F = 56.1
 | Apr mean F = 63.4
 | May mean F = 71.9
 | Jun mean F = 80.4
 | Jul mean F = 80.6
 | Aug mean F = 79.5
 | Sep mean F = 73.3
 | Oct mean F = 64.3
 | Nov mean F = 53.2
 | Dec mean F = 45.1
 | year mean F = 63.4
 | Jan low F = 30.0
 | Feb low F = 33.8
 | Mar low F = 40.6
 | Apr low F = 47.9
 | May low F = 57.3
 | Jun low F = 66.4
 | Jul low F = 68.3
 | Aug low F = 67.1
 | Sep low F = 60.6
 | Oct low F = 49.8
 | Nov low F = 38.3
 | Dec low F = 30.9
 | year low F = 49.2
 | Jan record low F  = -7
 | Feb record low F  = -3
 | Mar record low F  = 9
 | Apr record low F  = 24
 | May record low F  = 31
 | Jun record low F  = 45
 | Jul record low F  = 53
 | Aug record low F  = 48
 | Sep record low F  = 33
 | Oct record low F  = 19
 | Nov record low F  = 10
 | Dec record low F  = 0
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 | Jan precipitation inch = 0.47
 | Feb precipitation inch = 0.44
 | Mar precipitation inch = 0.25
 | Apr precipitation inch = 0.22
 | May precipitation inch = 0.49
 | Jun precipitation inch = 1.10
 | Jul precipitation inch = 2.05
 | Aug precipitation inch = 1.95
 | Sep precipitation inch = 1.50
 | Oct precipitation inch = 0.94
 | Nov precipitation inch = 0.42
 | Dec precipitation inch = 0.49
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 | Feb precipitation days  = 2.7
 | Mar precipitation days  = 1.9
 | Apr precipitation days  = 1.6
 | May precipitation days  = 3.1
 | Jun precipitation days  = 4.4
 | Jul precipitation days  = 7.5
 | Aug precipitation days  = 7.8
 | Sep precipitation days  = 5.7
 | Oct precipitation days  = 4.1
 | Nov precipitation days  = 2.5
 | Dec precipitation days  = 2.8
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 | Jan snow inch = 0.7
 | Feb snow inch = 0.6
 | Mar snow inch = 0.2
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 | May snow inch = 0.0
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 | Dec snow inch = 1.2
 | year snow inch = 3.3
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 | Jan snow days  = 0.4
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 | Oct snow days  = 0.0
 | Nov snow days  = 0.2
 | Dec snow days  = 0.5
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|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 450
|1900= 30
|1910= 500
|1920= 800
|1930= 1600
|1940= 2070
|1950= 1161
|1960= 1953
|1970= 2889
|1980= 2772
|1990= 2930
|2000= 2435
|2010= 2063
|2020= 1941
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=June 4, 2015 |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref>
}}
[[File:VanHornCityHall.JPG|thumb|Van Horn City Hall]]

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Van Horn racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4875032&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 19, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic''){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=www.census.gov}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|347
|17.88%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|14
|0.72%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|11
|0.57%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|25
|1.29%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|3
|0.15%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|33
|1.7%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|1,508
|77.69%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,941'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,941 people, 607 households, and 339 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000,  2,435 people, 834 households, and 652 families resided in the town. The population density was {{convert|846.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 976 housing units averaged 339.5 per square mile (130.8/km{{sup|2}}). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the town was 64.6% White, 0.7% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 31.5% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 78.6% of the population.

==Government==
[[File:VanHornPostoffice.JPG|thumb|Van Horn Post Office]]
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Van Horn Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/van-horn-603-w-broadway-st-van-horn-tx-1385712 Post Office Location - VAN HORN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513133839/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/van-horn-603-w-broadway-st-van-horn-tx-1385712 |date=2012-05-13 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on January 6, 2010.</ref>

==Education==
[[File:VanHornCityCountyLibrary.JPG|thumb|Van Horn City-County Library]]
Van Horn is served by the [[Culberson County-Allamoore Independent School District]] and is home to the [[Van Horn High School (Texas)|Van Horn High School]] Eagles.

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=TX|I|10}}: Interstate Highway 10 runs along the south side of town, leading west 117 miles (188 km) to [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] and east 430 miles (692 km) to [[San Antonio]]. The western terminus of [[Interstate 20 in Texas|I-20]] can also be accessed 47 miles (76 km) to the east.
* {{jct|state=TX|TX|54}}: Texas State Highway 54 runs north from town, initially following La Caverna Street, leading 55 miles (89 km) north to intersect with [[U.S. Route 62 in Texas|U.S. Route 62]] and access to [[Guadalupe Mountains National Park]].
* {{jct|state=TX|US|90}}: U.S. Route 90 has its western terminus at West Broadway Street. (signed [[Business routes of Interstate 10#Van Horn business loop|Bus. I-10-D]]). It initially follows Van Horn Drive south out of town, leading southeast 74 miles (119 km) to [[Marfa, Texas|Marfa]] and ultimately meeting back up with [[Interstate 10 in Texas|I-10]] 455 miles (732 km) away in [[San Antonio]].

===Rail===
* [[Union Pacific Railroad]]

===Bus===
* [[Greyhound Lines]] stops at a [[Super 8 Motels|Super 8]] at the west end of Bus. I-10-D.

=== Airports ===

* [[El Paso International Airport]] is the airport with the closest commercial airline service, 116 miles (187 km) to the northwest.

* [[Culberson County Airport]] is a county-owned public-use airport 3 miles (5 km) to the northeast.

==Space tourism==
In late 2006, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that [[Jeff Bezos]], founder and CEO of [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], had acquired {{convert|290000|acre|km2}} of land {{convert|25|mi}} north of Van Horn, including the [[Figure 2 Ranch Airport]], to house his fledgling space tourism company, [[Blue Origin]]. A 2006 article on [[Space.com]] reported that Blue Origin was expected to start commercial operations as early as 2010, aiming for 52 launches per year from the Van Horn facility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=David |first=Leonard |date=July 5, 2006 |title=Tourism Update: Jeff Bezos? Spaceship Plans Revealed |url=http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/060705_blue_origin.html |access-date=May 15, 2008 |website=[[Space.com]]}}</ref> This spaceport is named [[Corn Ranch]].

In early 2010, NASA awarded Blue Origin US$3.7 million to work on an advanced technology, which detaches a crew cabin from its launcher if the shuttle malfunctions.<ref name="ept20100314">{{Cite news |last=Gómez Licón |first=Adriana |date=March 14, 2010 |title=Van Horn Spaceport Gets NASA Backing |work=[[El Paso Times]] |url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_14673088 |access-date=March 17, 2010}}</ref>

An August 2016 update reported Blue Origin was still conducting test flights with plans to begin flying piloted tests in 2017 and paying customers in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCormick |first=Rich |date=March 9, 2016 |title=Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Plans to Start Taking Tourists into Space in 2018 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/9/11184466/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-tourists-space-2018 |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cofield |first=Calla |date=July 20, 2016 |title=Blue Origin's Crew Capsule Aced Parachute-Failure Test, Jeff Bezos Says |url=http://www.space.com/33492-blue-origin-crew-capsule-parachute-failure-test.html |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=[[Space.com]]}}</ref> Blue Origin's actual first human launch from, and return to, Van Horn occurred on the morning of [[Blue Origin NS-16|July 20, 2021]], with a crew of four people.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Wattles |first1=Jackie |last2=Sangal |first2=Aditi |last3=Macaya |first3=Melissa |last4=Mahtani |first4=Melissa |last5=Wagner |first5=Meg |last6=Vogt |first6=Adrienne |date=July 20, 2021 |title=Jeff Bezos Goes to Space |url=https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/jeff-bezos-space-flight-07-20-21 |access-date=July 20, 2021 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

==10,000-year clock==
[[File:VanHornVFDV.JPG|thumb|Van Horn Volunteer Fire Department]]
In 2009, the ''Van Horn Advocate'' announced that the [[Long Now Foundation]] was starting geologic testing for an underground space to house a 10,000-year [[Clock of the Long Now]], on the Bezos ranch, north of Van Horn.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clock Project to Begin Near Van Horn, Texas |url=http://longnow.org/clock/clock-sites/ |access-date=January 17, 2010 |website=LongNow.org}}</ref>

==Popular culture==
Van Horn provided the inspiration for the 2019 song "Van Horn" by alternative-rock band [[Saint Motel]] which was featured on their EP ''The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Part 1'' after the band spent a night there on tour.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Saint Motel Break Down 'The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Part 1': Exclusive |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8533032/saint-motel-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-part-1-breakdown |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 15, 2019}}</ref>

Famed [[American football|football]] coach [[John Madden]] put Chuy's Restaurant on the national map after a 1987 stop with his ''Madden Cruiser'' bus.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2021 |title=The Van Horn restaurant John Madden turned into a national favorite |url=https://www.yourbasin.com/sports/the-van-horn-restaurant-john-madden-turned-into-a-national-favorite/ |access-date=December 29, 2021 |website=YourBasin}}</ref>

==Gallery==
{{Gallery |width=250 |File:Threemile_1913_USGS.jpg |Threemile Mountain (on the left), looking northwest (USGS photo by George B. Richardson, 1913) |File:VanHornTX_2008.jpg |Similar view of Threemile Mountain (left) and [[Beach Mountains]] (right) in 2008 |File:Culberson County Hospital - Van Horn, Texas November 2013.JPG |Culberson County Hospital and Van Horn Rural Health Clinic (2013) |File:Sierra Diablo Ranch.JPG |12,800 acre Sierra Diablo Ranch north of Van Horn}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[Guadalupe Mountains National Park]]
* [[Guadalupe Mountains]]
* [[Kent, Texas]]
* [[McKittrick Canyon]]
* [[Sierra Blanca, Texas]]
* [[West Texas]]
* [[Beach Mountains]]

== Explanatory notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Wikivoyage|Van Horn}}
* {{Official website|http://www.vanhorntexas.org/}}
* {{URL|http://www.vanhornadvocate.com/|''Van Horn Advocate''}}, local newspaper
* {{URL|https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgv01|Van Horn in the Handbook of Texas}}
* {{URL|http://texashistory.unt.edu/browse/contributor/CHM/|Historic Photographs of Van Horn}} from the Clark Hotel Museum, hosted by the {{URL|http://texashistory.unt.edu/|Portal to Texas History}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506190824/http://clarkhotelmuseum.com/|date=May 6, 2013|title=Clark Hotel Historical Museum}}

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