McElroy still has big ranches north of Alpine. Don Weinacht owns land there at that intersection and is bounded on the south side by the Humphries ranch and the Balmorhea cemetery. Weinacht and Johnson own the land directly north across IH-10 at the intersection of FM2903 and IH-10 on the west side of FM2903. That’s where Apache is building that 700-man mancamp there now. Between the TXDOT yard and the off ramp of IH-10 on the northwest to FM2903 is a strip of land about 400 feet wide and a mile long to the west that belongs to Richard C. Slack’s heirs. The off ramp of IH-10 from the west is on their land. That would be a great location for a truck stop/convenience store with groceries, hardware, clothing, drugstore/pharmacy, and either a motel or a trailer park… maybe both. Still… no one I’ve ever been able to turn up who knows the landowners in that area around the FM2903 and IH-10 ‘cloverleaf’ intersection have ever heard of Avery owning any land there. Guess you’re going to have to search it out at the Reeves County Tax Assessor and Appraisal District’s offices on Oak Street in Pecos.