Windmills and Meadows - 63 Miles - Gravel - Challenging

This is probably one of the most comprehensive routes of the area. Part open ranchland, part forgotten hill country, and part lost lands of the Comanches, you'll feel yourself riding through one of the often forgotten parts of the Industrial Revolution in Texas.

The areas you'll ride through were as much part of the Wild West in the last days of the Comanches (see Empire of the Summer Moon for further reading) and the early days of industry in the state. Desdemona is a ghost town compared to its oil boom of the early 20th century where an estimated 10-15,000 people called home. Much like neighboring Thurber, however, as industry came and left, so did many of the people along with their stories.

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