I have no idea why MEB Jones would have purchased property for a place that would have been called Progress City. The location was near Alpine, Texas...way out west. Did he have dreams of building there? I know that in his notes, he was researching the proper grasses that would grow in that environment. This venture was to scam people of their money. It was taken to court. Unfortunately, MEB was part of this scam.
Below are postcards from the past...of what Alpine, Texas, looked like in 1920.
Alpine Street Scene 1920s
https://www.txgenweb.org/postcards/Towns/Alpine/AlpineTxStreetScene.jpg
https://historicalpine.org/historic-photos-of-alpine/
https://www.txgenweb.org/postcards/Towns/Alpine/AlpineWestView.jpg
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