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unusual facts about Winkler County



Kermit, Texas

The town moved the last working wooden derrick in the Permian Basin from Loving County to Pioneer Park in Kermit in 1966 as a symbol of the importance of the oil industry to the economy of Kermit and Winkler County.


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Winkler County nurse whistleblower case

The Winkler County nurse whistleblower case was a series of legal proceedings in West Texas that centered around the retaliation upon two nurses who submitted an anonymous state medical board complaint against a physician in 2009.