alpine

alpine
alpinely, adv.
/al"puyn, -pin/, adj.
1. of, pertaining to, on, or part of any lofty mountain.
2. very high; elevated.
3. (cap.) of, pertaining to, on, or part of the Alps.
4. Bot. growing on mountains above the limit of tree growth: alpine plants.
5. (often cap.) of or pertaining to downhill skiing or a competitive downhill skiing event. Cf. Nordic (def. 3).
6. (cap.) Anthropol. having the features characteristic of an Alpine.
n.
7. (cap.) Anthropol. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
[1600-10; < L Alpinus, equiv. to Alp(es) (pl.) the ALPS + -inus -INE1]

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      city, seat (1887) of Brewster county, extreme western Texas, U.S., in a high valley with an altitude of 4,481 feet (1,366 metres), flanked by the Davis Mountains (north) and the Glass Mountains (east), 190 miles (306 km) southeast of El Paso.

      Founded in 1882 with the arrival of the railroad and called first Osborne and then Murphyville until it was incorporated as Alpine in 1888, the city developed as a service centre for a huge ranching area (sheep and Hereford cattle). Alpine's economy was further sustained by the establishment there in 1917 of a normal (teacher training) college, now Sul Ross State University, a member of the Texas State University system. Later the city became known a mountain resort with dude ranches and ghost mining towns. Davis Mountains State Park, Fort Davis National Historic Site, and McDonald Observatory are a few miles northwest, while Big Bend National Park is 80 miles south. In the 1960s Alpine began to attract generally affluent retirees from urban centres, whose arrival reversed a population decline; several small retirement communities now ring the city. Among the area's attractions is the Museum of the Big Bend, located on the Sul Ross campus. Brewster county, with an area of 6,169 square miles (15,978 square km), greater than that of the state of Connecticut, is the largest county in Texas. Inc. 1888. Pop. (1990) 5,622; (2000) 5,786.

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