You know, there's a problem here.
I have no idea where in Texas most of these towns are.
The coffee-table-sized atlas here is from 1936.
I know where Houston, Galveston, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Nuevo Laredo, and Amarillo are; I have a rough idea in the head where Austin, Texarkana, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi are.
But names such as Tyler or Irving or Denton ring no bells.
Are we still describing events in or near Houston and Galveston, or have descriptions of what's going on down there moved further inland, like towards Dallas?