Ghana: Ghanaian journalist celebrates Texas town’s ‘Eden of the Far West’ tag after mayor’s nod

When international journalist Enoch Worlanyo first described Alpine, Texas, as “The Eden of the Far West,” he meant it as a love letter. This week, that love letter was returned.

Alpine Mayor Catherine Eaves recently referenced Worlanyo’s feature story in her own vision for the high-desert town — a gesture that has sparked a transatlantic moment of pride from the heart of West Africa to the heart of Far West Texas.

Nestled 4,475 feet above sea level in the Big Bend, Alpine is no…