Sanderson News

United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit announced that 19 individuals, including ringleaders John Michael Guadarrama, age 29, of Sanderson, Texas, and Oscar Fierro, age 43, of Alpine, Texas, have been arrested in connection with a drug distribution operation in the Big Bend ... (more)

With Chinese crews laying track from the west and mostly Irish working from the east, the two rail gangs met about 50 miles east of here in 1883, with a silver spike marking completion of the California-to-Louisiana line.

With Chinese crews laying track from the West and mostly Irish working from the East, the two rail gangs met about 50 miles east of here in 1883, with a silver spike marking completion of the California-to-Louisiana line.

A train headed west passes the depot Thursday Dec. 15, 2011, in Sanderson, Texas.