Title:   Westphalia Reverie&lt;br /&gt;
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Comments: One of the things I love about Texas is the fusion of great ethnic traditions, the open-hearted landscape that allows Mexicans and Germans and Blacks and Irishmen and Czechs to co-exist so exuberantly and yet so mindfully of their unique traditions. The beautiful Church of the Visitation in Westphalia, 126 years old, is a stunning example of the Czech influence on Texas.  When you stand in it you think &quot;how is it that this enormous structure, this hallowed place of worship, was built out here on the blacklands without the help of cranes and bulldozers and fabricated steel?&quot;  I am told that it was once the largest wooden structure west of the Mississippi. I believe it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Location: Westphalia