The towns of Marfa , Alpine and Marathon sit along U.S. 90 like hitching posts . I stop near the single flashing signal by Marfa Book Company and Marfa Public Radio , where NPR programs mix with station manager Tom Michael 's local news and interviews . They are the only places in Texas where you can get a good view of the horizon from your car window. Of the highway town trio , Alpine is the busy one .
The towns of Marfa , Alpine and Marathon sit along U.S. 90 like hitching posts . They are the only places in Texas where you can get a good view of the horizon from your car window. Of the highway town trio , Alpine is the busy one .