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law courts existed in the region. A Kentuckian and a member of 
the Doniphan expedition of 1846 into Mexico, “Judge” Bean dis- 
pensed liquor and supplies and acted as the embodiment of “the law 
west of the Pecos” for many years in a shack which was falling to 
ruins in 1932. He changed the name from Vinegarone to Langtry in 
honor of the English actress Lily Langtry and had high expectations 
that she would visit the place. Some years later, on her way east, 
she stopped over a few hours to inspect her namesake, but meanwhile 
the autocratic old judge had died. The town saw considerable activ- 
ity a few years ago when it was headquarters for the rebuilding of the 
railroad for several miles west and east to eliminate some curves 
and heavy grades. These changes shortened the line considerably, 
and the next milepost beyond 451 is 456 (from Harrisburg, Tex., an 
official terminus of one of the Texas railroad corporations now included 
in the Southern Pacific system). The resulting cuts, especially those 
west of Langtry, some of which are 40 feet deep, give very fine eo 
sures of the Eagle Ford 
buff slabby limestone at 
frequent intervals nearly 
to Pumpville. Near that 
place the route traverses 
higher beds of chalky lime- Fievre 8.—Section at Langtry, Tex. Kef, Eagle Ford limestone; 
stone (basal Austin) con- © Buds limestone; Ke,G 2 sis fuses awa 
stituting a rolling plain of considerable extent. (Turn to sheet 13.) 
Pumpville siding, a section house and pump station, is on the sum- 
mit of the divide east of Lozier Creek. Wells here supply excellent 
water for locomotives; this water is also used for 
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Pumpville. irrigation about the station with conspicuous results. 
Population 0 The rapid descent west from Pumpville reveals 
w Orleans §22 miles. Kagle Ford buff slabby limestones and ao the Buda 
limestone, all lying nearly horizontal. Lozier Canyon, 
reached just beyond Lecier siding, is a large arroyo, usually dry but 
in times of freshet carrying a large stream. In the canyon slopes near 
Lozier and past Malvado siding are many fine exposures of the Eagle 
Ford-Buda contact, showing conformity of attitude, with low dips 
to the south and east. Below the Buda, which is conspicuous as a 
light-colored massive limestone, are low cliffs of the massive dark-gray 
top member of the Georgetown limestone. The Buda limestone is in 
two members of slightly different aspect and texture, and the yellow 
Del Rio clay that underlies it to the east is entirely absent, although 
near the large iron bridge over Meyers Canyon 2 feet of the basal 
limestone of the Buda carries Exogyra arietina, a fossil characteristic 
of the Del Rio clay. The Georgetown limestone is exposed in the 
bed of the wash from Meyers Canyon to a point below Lozier. As 
the railroad ascends the valley of Lozier Creek past Malvado, Watkins, 
