NYT | U.S. News Follow Texas Billionaire John Poindexter Plans to Revive Shafter Ghost Town An 81-year-old billionaire has a vision for preserving a tiny West Texas mining town, even as other forces are reshaping the land around it. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/us/john-poindexter-west-texas-shafter.html nytimes.com