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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Ikram Mohamed

MYSTERIOUS: Texas tech system receives 6 000 acres in state s big empty region for research learning labs - You Need To See This

Fred Koch donated 6,000 acres of a vast Texas expanse known as "The Big Empty" to the Texas Tech University System.
Fred Koch donated 6,000 acres of a vast Texas expanse known as "The Big Empty" to the Texas Tech University System. (Credit: Courtesy of the 3 Rivers Foundation)

In the vast, nearly open space between the Dallas-Fort Worth region and Amarillo known as the "Big Empty," the anesthesiologist Fred Koch put together thousands of acres over the past couple decades and turned them into an observatory for celestial studies.

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