Texas Highways Magazine

Borger

y all accounts, the town of Borger, population 12,500, should be burned to a crisp. In early March, a series of wildfires stormed through the Texas Panhandle, decimating hundreds of structures, killing two people and upwards of 7,000 cattle. But thanks to proactive “controlled burns” conducted beforehand, Borger was able to battle

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