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This unique 1940s picture show theater was made from a Quonset hut. It has been restored for use as a performing arts center.

To learn more about this movie theater go here http://cinematreasures.org/theater/10651 or here http://www.rockdalereporter.com/news/2009/0924/front_page/002.html

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Shafter, now a ghost town, was once a silver mining "company town" where the miners were totally dependent on the company.

In the 1960's it was used for early scenes in the science fiction movie "The Andromeda Strain".

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To see a marker dedicated to the first bomber squadron trained at Rattlesnake Bomber Base Click Here http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23744744

I did not go through the gate on the interstate, I found a back way into it. It still involved avoiding barbed wire though.

Originally named Pyote Army Air Field, it later became Pyote Air Force Station, AKA "Rattlesnake Bomber Base."

Many WWII bomber pilots were trained here. This historical marker commemorates 381st Bomb Group, the first bomber group trained here.

More information can be found here http://www.texasescapes.com/WorldWarII/Pyote-Air-Force-Station-AKA-Rattlesnake-Bomber-Base-Texas.htm

Now a ghost town, Shafter was once a silver mining "company town" where the miners were totally dependent on the company. Though not obvious from the picture this is a rather large town cemetery.