The 95th consecutive Cowboy Camp at the Paisano Baptist Encampment between Alpine and Marfa will begin Sunday evening and continue through noon, July 31.
The encampment on U.S. Highway 67-90 near Paisano Pass was founded in 1915 and has been ministering to cowboys and others from all over west Texas and several other states since 1921.
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