![]() Odessa is colloquially described as the “arm pit of Texas,” with the atmosphere of “a place rooted in the sweet nostalgia of the fifties” (64). Consequently Odessa became an oil town subject to the boom and bust periods of the international energy economy. Odessa’s future would not be realized until oil and gas deposits were found beneath its desert-like fields. Unfortunately the land was useless to farm and risky to even raise livestock. They had lofty dreams of turning Odessa into a destination town complete with electric trolley cars. ![]() Odessa Texas was settled in the 1880’s by a group of men from Zanesville, Ohio. To the people of Odessa, this field house holds more significance than any museum or cultural landmark. The field house is also draped in Permian white and black with various nostalgic items carefully placed. ![]() They hang immortalized in a picture frame, a reminder of what glory looks like. Inside the field house is a picture of each player who had made All-State during the last 29 years. The story begins in the middle of August 1988, just before the football season begins. ![]()
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