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Masterson is an unincorporated community in southern Moore County, Texas, United States. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 87 and 287, south of the city of Dumas, the county seat of Moore County.〔Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas '08.'' Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 98.〕 Its elevation is 3,704 feet (1,129 m). Although Masterson is unincorporated, it has a post office, with a ZIP code of 79058. Founded in 1927 as a support community for Canadian River Gas' plant and gas pipeline producing the Panhandle Field.〔George, p. 29〕 Masterson was named for Robert Masterson, while the plant, Bivins Compressor station, was named after another Panhandle rancher, Lee Bivins.〔George, p. 60〕 The community eventually included 32 company houses for families and a hotel for single men.〔George, p. 35〕 The Bivins Elementary School was built in 1937 and educated children through the eighth grade, after which they attended school in Dumas, Texas.〔George, p. 74〕 Starting in 1943, helium was extracted from the gas at the Exell Helium Plant, which is located nearby and managed by the Bureau of Land Management.〔George, p. 47〕 The government built 75 houses for employee families.〔George, p. 50〕 The Masterson post office was established in 1950 and was located in the Exell Store, built in 1948.〔George, p. 59〕 The compressor station was sold to Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG) Company in 1951.〔George, p. 35〕 CIG was acquired by the Coastal Corporation in 1973,〔George, p. 132〕 which then merged with El Paso Corp. in 1999, which was bought by Kinder Morgan in 2011. Starting in 1963, the housing at both the Bivins and the Exell camps was phased out.〔George, p. 80〕 The Bivins school was closed in 1978.〔George, p. 81〕 The station was bought by Pioneer Natural Resources in 2002. ==Gallery== File:Bivin's House 001.jpg|Typical CIG company house at Bivins Station, 1966. This one was on 4th street. Phone number 36F4 (four rings on the party line). File:Bivin's school 002.jpg|View of the Bivins School main entrance in 1965. File:Bivin's school 001.jpg|Bivins School as seen in 1965. The section on the right was added in 1946. File:Bivin's basketball 001.jpg|Bivins School, 1965 view from tennis courts. The cafeteria seen in front was added in 1962 while the gymn seen in the background was built in 1954. File:Bivin's gym 001.jpg|Bivins school women's basketball game, date unknown. File:Exell Helium Plant circa 1945 with housing.jpg|Exell Helium Plant, circa 1945, courtesy BLM. File:Exell Helium Plant circa 1980.jpg|Exell Helium Plant, circa 1980, courtesy BLM. File:Bivins Masterson.jpg|CIG Bivins Compressor Station and Masterson, Texas, circa early 1960s File:Bivins Station 2013.jpg|Bivins Station, 2013 File:Helium Plant 2013.jpg|Exell Helium Plant in 2013 File:Masterson 2013.jpg|Masterson Historical Marker, 2013 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Masterson, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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