Historical Markers of Texas

57 A.T. & S.F. No. 5000 "Madam Queen" Santa Fe Station, located at the intersection of 4th and Grant Streets, Amarillo. A star of the age of steam transportation. Pride of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, which came into Texas in 1886, has its Panhandle and Santa ... 12162 Alice Victoria Ghormley Curtis House 1626 S. Washington St. Designed by local contractor J. D. Singleton and built for the widow of prominent Texas Ranger and rancher W. R. Curtis, the Alice Victoria Ghormley ... 140 Amarillo 8000 US 66 West, in front of "The Care Center", Amarillo. County seat, Potter County; founded in 1887. Incorporated 1892. Named for Arroyo Amarillo, Spanish name of nearby creek. Transportation, financial, ... 141 Amarillo 600 South Buchanan Street, located on Civic Center grounds (courtyard). Named for Arroyo Amarillo, nearby creek given its designation by Spaniards in early days. In 1887, when the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad was ... 142 Amarillo FM 1061, Cal Farley Rd. County seat, Potter County; founded in 1887. Incorporated 1892. Named for Arroyo Amarillo, Spanish name of nearby creek. Transportation, financial, ... 6111 Amarillo 1100 N. Western St. County Seat, Potter County; founded in 1887. Incorporated 1892. Named for Arroyo Amarillo, Spanish name of nearby creek. Transportation, financial, ... 6112 Amarillo U.S. 87 and Cherry County Seat, Potter County; founded in 1887. Incorporated 1892. Named for Arroyo Amarillo, Spanish name of nearby creek. Transportation, financial, ... 6113 Amarillo St. Francis and Echo St. County Seat, Potter County; founded in 1887. Incorporated 1892. Named for Arroyo Amarillo, Spanish name of nearby creek. Transportation, financial, ... 6114 Amarillo 2200 Amarillo Blvd., US 66/60 County Seat, Potter County; founded in 1887. Incorporated 1892. Named for Arroyo Amarillo, Spanish name of nearby creek. Transportation, financial, ... 144 Amarillo Helium Plant SE corner of W. Amarillo Blvd. (Business 40/Historic US 66) and Helium Road. Marker reported in storage as of Feb. 2022 during construction project. This plant, operated by the United States Bureau of Mines, was the first to produce helium from the extensive helium resources in the Texas Panhandle. ... 145 Amarillo Livestock Auction 100 South Manhattan Street, Western Stockyards, Amarillo. Established to serve the first permanent industry in the Texas Panhandle--ranching. Now famed for handling more cattle than any other commission ... 146 Amarillo Natatorium ("The Nat") 2705 West 6th, Amarillo The Natatorium, an open air building surrounding a swimming pool that measured 36' by 101', opened in July 1922. "The Nat" was enclosed in 1923 for ... 12161 Amarillo Tri-State Fair Amarillo Tri-State Fair Exposition building, N side SE 10th. Ave., 0.1 mi. W of S. Grand St., inside Gate 2 A number of organized fairs and horse races occurred in this area beginning in the 1890s. The Panhandle State Fair was organized in 1913, but due ... 16905 American Legion Hanson Post No. 54 Corner of Seventh Avenue and Madison Street Amarillo’s American Legion Post, organized in July 1919, is one of the oldest in Texas, formed two months after the group’s organizational caucus ... 227 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, The Amarillo Story 900 Polk Street, Amarillo. Located on the Santa Fe Building. Construction of a railroad across the Panhandle led to the founding of Amarillo as County Seat of Potter County, Aug. 30, 1887. For the ensuing ten ... 16993 Avery and Mary Turner House 1/2 Block north of Interstate 40, West side of Polk St. Avery and Mary (Ten Eyck) Turner moved here in 1902. Avery was an executive for the Santa Fe Railroad, his employer for 58 years. Mary helped organize ...

420 Bivins Home 1000 Polk Street, Amarillo. Prominent area rancher Lee Bivins (1862-1929) built this elegant town home in 1905. The brick and stone structure features classical styling. In ... 15215 Bivins Library (PLATE 81) Amarillo

695 Canadian River Municipal Water Authority - Canadian River Project From Amarillo, take Highway 136 north about 7.5 miles. The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority was authorized by a Texas Constitutional Amendment on May 27, 1953. It was approved, by vote of citizens ... 696 Canadian River Project From Amarillo, take Highway 136 north about 7.5 miles. The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority was authorized by a Texas Constitutional Amendment on May 27, 1953. It was approved, by vote of citizens ... 902 Clarence and Lorraine Eakle House 2220 South Tyler Street, Amarillo. Noted Amarillo architect Guy Carlander designed and Byron Singleton built this house in 1925 for early Amarillo business and civic leaders Clarence ...

1265 Dr. Charles Newton Gould Cas Johnson Road, 0.3 mi. W of SH 136, near entrance to Alibates Flint Quarries, about 35 mi. NE of Amarillo. Marker reported missing Jun. 2012. Pioneer in Texas Geology and Paleontology Dr. Charles Newton Gould (1868 - 1949) One of early scientists to use geology in search for oil and gas. ...

1332 Eakle-Archer House 2104 South Polk Street, Amarillo. Prominent Amarillo architect Guy A. Carlander designed this dramatic craftsman "airplane bungalow" for the Clarence M. Eakle family. Built in 1923, ... 18486 Edward L. and Margaret Seewald Roberts House East side of 2200 block of South Harrison Street, fifth house south of SW 22nd Avenue The Edward Llewellyn (1886-1983) and Margaret Seewald (1896-2001) Roberts house was designed by Harold Walsh in 1949 under heavy input from the Roberts. ...

1696 First Cemetery in Potter County From Amarillo, US 87/US 287 north about 24.4 mi. Marker is on west side of southbound lanes, east of LX Ranch Cemetery and 0.4 mi. N of the Canadian River. On the old _X (LX), first ranch in Potter County, established in 1877 by W.H. Bates and D.T. Beals, Boston (Mass.) industrialists. The earliest burials ... 12163 First Gas Well in the Panhandle of Texas US 287; 30 mi. N of Amarillo The discovery well in the vast Panhandle-Hugoton Gas Field, largest known gas field in the world, is located one mile east of this point on the east ... 1729 First Hospital on the High Plains of Texas_St. Anthony's Hospital_Founded 1901 Northeast corner of hospital property, west side of N. Polk St. 0.1 mi. N of NW 7th Ave. This marks site of Potter County's first hospital organized by Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word on invitation of Father David H. Dunne, Pastor ... 1877 First Transcontinental Air Service to Texas Panhandle, Amarillo Municipal Airport Amarillo Municipal Airport, on terminal entrance wall, Amarillo. Marker reported in storage Jun. 2020. Regular air service to Amarillo was inaugurated May 29, 1929, at Old Municipal Airport, 4 miles west of here. It was initiated by Western Air Express, ... 16911 Fisk Medical Arts & Professional Building Corner of West Eighth Avenue and South Polk Street In 1926, Charles A. Fisk, president of the Amarillo Bank and Trust, and other investors commissioned this skyscraper designed by Amarillo architect ... 2018 Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail Gregg Route, 1840 From Amarillo, take SH 136 about 12 miles northeast (Marker is just south of junction of SH 136 and Route 293). Southwest of this marker are dim traces of overland trail to connect river ports of Fort Smith and Van Buren, Ark. with Santa Fe, a trade and travel ... 2037 Fort Worth and Denver City Railway, First Railroad through the Texas Panhandle 83 Pierce Street Pioneered transportation in the old buffalo and Indian frontier and the open-range cattle empire. Organized by Fort Worth citizens. Although chartered ... 2078 Frying Pan Ranch IH-40, East of Bushland First big cattle ranch fenced with barbed wire. Established to demonstrate effectiveness of barbed wire in controlling use of grass, in preserving ... 15383 Ft. Smith-Santa Fe Trail, Marcy Rt. 1849 (RE81) Amarillo

2128 General Ernest O. Thompson Park located on NW corner of intersection of 24th Street and HWY 87, Amarillo. Marker is located in NE portion of park along main drive. Acknowledged world leader in petroleum conservation. A third generation Texan. Left college for World War I, earning battlefield promotion to Lieutenant ... 2265 Great Spanish Road_First Ranch in Potter County_First Store in Potter County From Amarillo, 24.3 mi. N on US 87/US 287, east side of the highway along the northbound lanes, 0.3 mi. N of the Canadian River. GREAT SPANISH ROAD Near course of the Canadian River, early as days of the American Revolution, men from Santa Fe went past this spot on trips to ... 2280 Gregg Trail 1400 North Grant, Amarillo - on Palo Duro High School grounds.

2316 H. W. and Katie Galbraith House 1710 South Polk, Amarillo. Constructed in 1912 for lumber merchant H.W. Galbraith (d. 1936) and his wife Kate (d. 1969), this two-story residence reflects the Craftsman style. ... 2430 Helium Time Columns Monument and Museum 1200 Streit Drive, Amarillo Discovery Center, Amarillo. Erected 1968, commemorating the 100th Anniversary of discovery of helium in the gaseous atmosphere surrounding the sun. (The discovery of traces ... 2441 Henry B. Sanborn Amarillo Civic Center grounds, Entrance 1 on west side, SE of intersection of SE 4th Ave. and US 287 In 1875 Henry B. Sanborn (1845-1912) began a long association with the state of Texas when he became the Texas sales agent for Joseph F. Glidden's ... 22769 Henry Bradley Sanborn Centennial Plaza, Amarillo Civic Center grounds, along sidewalk (1845-1912) Principal early-day developer of Amarillo. Born in New York state; employed 1875 by barbed wire inventor J.F. Glidden as his Texas sales ... 2464 Herring-Crudgington House 1710 South Tyler, Amarillo. Built in 1910 for ranchers Will and Eula Jo Day Herring, this Classical Revival style house features a pedimented entry portico with paired colossal ... 2545 Homesite of Judge James Nathan Browning Thompson Memorial Park, Amarillo. Cowboy, lawyer, state official and jurist. Born in Arkansas, Browning received only a few months formal education, but taught himself by reading ... 2579 Houghton House 1700 Polk Street (Junior League Headquarters), Amarillo. This two-story residence was constructed in 1914 for Kentucky native John Malcolm Shelton (1852-1923), a prominent Panhandle cattleman and businessman. ...

18671 International Harvester Building Northeast corner of SE 10th Ave & Grant Streets Founded in 1902 when J.P. Morgan merged several harvesting companies, the International Harvester Company came to Amarillo in 1919. By 1925, the ...

3234 Mary (Masterson) and John Fain House 2405 South Van Buren, Amarillo This house and its "twin" next door were built by sisters Mary Masterson Fain and Anna Belle Masterson Krister. Designed by Walter Whitley of Dallas, ... 23678 Mathew "Bones" Hooks Bones Hooks Park, Amarillo Born in Robertson County to formerly enslaved persons Alex and Annie Hooks, Mathew "Bones" Hooks (1867-1951) was a famed Black cowboy, Texas panhandle ... 3274 McBride Ranch House Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, on McBride Canyon Road, 3.5 mi. W of SH 136, about 35 mi. NE of Amarillo. (Built 1903) A pioneer settler quarried Alibates dolomite from the canyon rim to build this house, mortared with lime burned on the site. Wood in ... 3321 Melissa Dora Oliver-Eakle Located in Oliver-Eakle Park, Amarillo. A descendant of two prominent 17th-century families in Virginia and Georgia, Melissa Dora Callaway (1860-1931) was a graduate of Georgia Female College. ...

3612 Northwest Texas Hospital School of Nursing 2201 SW 6th Ave. Prominent Amarillo Architect Guy Carlander designed this structure in 1924 as part of a larger hospital complex. The Panhandle oil boom of the 1920's ...

3728 Old First Baptist Church 1200 Tyler Street, Amarillo. Organized September 1889 by 16 charter members. In 1890 built this meeting house at 500 Pierce. First belfry consisted of cedar posts. Baptistry ... 14591 Ordway Hall 2201 S. Washington St. Architect Guy Carlander designed this administration building for Amarillo College. It was built in 1936-37 and later named for George Ordway, who ...

16290 Polk Street Schools 1220 S. Polk Street During the 20th century, Polk Street was home to three public schools. The first opened in 1900 to meet the needs of the rapidly-growing Amarillo ... 17577 Polk Street United Methodist Church West entrance facing Polk Street, east side of the street between SW 14th and SW 15th avenues. The congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South was organized on November 23, 1888, by Rev. Isaac Mills, Rev. Jerome Haralson and eight ... 4093 Potter County Potter County Courthouse Building, near W entrance facing S. Fillmore St. Formed from Young and Bexar Territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized August 30, 1887. Named in Honor of Robert Potter 1800-1842. Signer of ... 4096 Potter County Courthouse 501 South Taylor, Amarillo Organized in August 1887, Potter County erected its first courthouse in 1888 in old town Amarillo. The building was constructed by Mays, Hightower, ... 4097 Potter County Library 519 South Taylor Street, Amarillo The Potter County free library was organized in 1902 by twelve local women. Many citizens donated books, and held bazaars, candy sales, and other ... 4095 Potter County, Establishing of 500th block of South Taylor Street, courthouse grounds, Amarillo. Named for Robert Potter, Secretary of the Navy (1836) and Senator (1840-42) of the Republic of Texas. In territory ranged by Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, ...

24323 Ranching Origins of Amarillo marker pending marker pending 4365 Route 66 in Amarillo triangle between NW 6th Ave. and Georgia and McMasters streets Commonly called the "Main Street of America" and also the "Mother Road," Route 66 became the first paved transcontinental highway in the U.S. spanning ... 15442 Russell Hall 2201 S. Washington St. The administration building and the gymnasium were the first two permanent structures built for Amarillo College. Originally known as Badger Gymnasium ...

4574 Santa Fe Building 900 South Polk Street, Amarillo Built in 1928-30 at a cost of $1,500,000, this structure was designed by Santa Fe Railroad Architect E.A. Harrison. The 14-story building was the ... 2873 Self Sacrifice of Padre Fray Juan de Padilla - 1544 St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral, south of main entrance. Previously located across the street in Ellwood Park. Front - Self Sacrifice of Padre Fray Juan De Padilla - 1544; Back - Built to the glorious and perpetual memory of Father Fray Juan De Padilla, O.F.M. ... 4690 Shuford-Killough House 1608 South Polk Street, Amarillo. This residence, built for cattleman J.D. Shuford, was completed in 1913. Designed by the Kansas City architectural firm of Shepard, Farrar, and Wiser, ... 4887 Site of Significant Archaeological Find, American Mammoths 800 Polk Street, on Santa Fe Building, Amarillo. When this Santa Fe Railway general office building was erected in 1928, the remains of a mammoth were excavated from the basement and were placed ... 14056 Smith-Rogers House 4841 W. Ninth Ave. THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR EARLY AMARILLO SETTLERS JAMES BYNUM AND MARIE LOWERY SMITH c. 1904, AND WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED AT 1101 SOUTH TAYLOR STREET. ... 15666 St. Francis Catholic Church 5001 Klinke Rd St. Francis Church commemorates a century of Eucharistic clebrations growing in love of God, family, land and country as a strong fiath community-March ... 5032 St. Francis Catholic Church Community 5001 Klinke Road Attracted by the colonization efforts of Illinois residents Dr. Guy Clifford Powell and The Rev. Francis J. O'Reilly, German Catholic settlers began ... 5059 St. Mary's Academy 1200 Washington Street, facing Ellwood Park, Amarillo. Established by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1899, St. Mary's Academy was originally located in Clarendon (60 mi. SE). In 1913 ...

5215 Tecovas Springs On Roadside Park near Bushland (1 mile E. 1-40, Roadside Park, Bushland) Located 6 miles northwest of this marker. Favorite campsite of prehistoric Indians, and of later traders, military parties and hunters, from time ... 5458 The _X (LX) First Ranch in Potter County From Amarillo, 23.2 mi. N on US 87/US 287, west side of the highway along the southbound lanes, 0.8 mi. S of the Canadian River. Established by W. H. Bates and D. T. Beals, Colorado merchants and ranchers on the Arkansas River since 1870. "Crowded conditions" there resulted ... 24223 The Barfield marker pending marker pending 693 The Canadian River From Amarillo, 24.3 mi. N. on US 87/US 287, east side of the highway along the northbound lanes, 0.3 mi. N of the Canadian River. (There is a marker (694) with an identical inscription 35 mi. NE of Amarillo on Cas Johnson Road, 2 mi. W of SH 136, near entrance to Alibates Flint Quarries.) A travel route and dwelling site for over 12,000 years, the Canadian River supported stone and adobe Indian villages from the 12th to the 14th centuries. ... 694 The Canadian River Cas Johnson Road, 2 mi. W of SH 136, near entrance to Alibates Flint Quarries, about 35 mi. NE of Amarillo, at intersection of Cas Johnson, Alibates, and McBride Canyon roads. (There is a marker (Atlas number 693) with an identical inscription 24.3 mi. north of Amarillo on US 87/US 287, east side of the highway along the northbound lanes, 0.3 mi. N of the Canadian River.) A travel route and dwelling site for over 12,000 years, the Canadian River supported stone and adobe Indian villages from the 12th to the 14th centuries. ... 2019 The Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail Marcy Route, 1849 From Amarillo, take SH 136 northeast about 20 miles. Marker site is W side of the road, 2.5 miles north of FM 1342. Marker reported missing Oct. 2018. Clearly visible to the northeast and southwest are ruts of the Old Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail, the overland route connecting river ports of Fort Smith ... 2312 The H. B. Sanborn House NE corner Madison St. and SW 14th Ave. Built 1902 in 500 block, South Buchanan, by principal early developer of Amarillo, Henry Bradley Sanborn (1845-1912). At original site were also ... 5609 The United States Topographical Engineers in the High Plains of Texas From Amarillo, 23.2 mi. N on US 87/US 287, west side of the highway along the southbound lanes, 0.8 mi. S of the Canadian River. This region and much of western America was mapped under adversity, as territory held by hostile Indians. With the dual aims of compiling scientific ...

5810 Wild Horse Lake Located on the S access road of Amarillo Boulevard, or Old Route 66, about .1 mile W of intersection of Amarillo Boulevard and Travis Street, Amarillo. At various times this playa lake served as a reliable water source for buffalo, wild horses, nomadic native americans, explorers, cattle drivers, ... 5830 William Henry Bush 1200 block N. Western St. (FM 1719), west side 0.1 mi. N of NW 12th Ave. (1849 - 1931) The Frying Pan Ranch was founded in 1881 by Amarillo pioneer Henry Sanborn and J.F. Glidden, the inventor of barbed wire. The partnership ...