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By Sally Beauvais If you've spent any time waiting for the train to arrive at the Amtrak station in Alpine, you may have noticed it, too: a telephone pole, sticking clear through the pitched roof of a warehouse on the other side of the tracks -- as if it just grew there, like a tree. The former Big Bend Wool and Mohair warehouse is now owned by True Value, a local hardware store. (Sally Beauvais / Marfa Public Radio) The pole doesn't appear to be connected to any kind of system, and there aren't any other poles in the immediate area that resemble it. Alpine resident Mike Green asked West Texas Wonders what it's doing there. This photo from 1945 -- the year the warehouse ... Hosted by for KRTS