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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4J_helium-time-columns_Amarillo-TX.html
Erected 1968, commemorating the 100th Anniversary of discovery of helium in the gaseous atmosphere surrounding the sun. (The discovery of traces of helium on earth was first announced in 1895.)
The four time columns are filled with books, docume…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4G_fort-worth-and-denver-city-railway_Amarillo-TX.html
Pioneered transportation in the old buffalo and Indian frontier and the open-range cattle empire. Organized by Fort Worth citizens. Although chartered by the Texas Legislature on May 26, 1873, the actual building was delayed by the money panic of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4F_amarillo-livestock-auction_Amarillo-TX.html
Established to serve the first permanent industry in the Texas Panhandle—ranching. Now famed for handling more cattle than any other commission auction company in the United States.
The years 1874-1878 saw Indians expelled, buffalo herds e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4E_gregg-trail_Amarillo-TX.html
This is a three sided marker
Side A:
Adventure
Gregg Trail
Josiah Gregg (1806 1850), prompted by ill health, set out with a caravan from Independence, Missouri, for Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 15, 1831. During a period of nine years he made f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4D_wild-horse-lake_Amarillo-TX.html
At various times this playa lake served as a reliable water source for buffalo, wild horses, nomadic Native Americans, explorers, cattle drivers, traders, and pioneers traversing the high plains. The lake area, also called Amarillo Lake, became th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q3W_henry-b-sanborn_Amarillo-TX.html
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 newly patented invention, barbed wire. A native of New York, Sanborn had become acquainted with Glid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q3U_a-t-s-f-no-5000_Amarillo-TX.html
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 Fe General Offices in Amarillo, and served much of this area.
Manufactured at the cost of $133,90…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q2T_potter-county-library_Amarillo-TX.html
The Potter County free library was organized in 1902 by twelve local women. Many citizens donated books, and held bazaars, candy sales, and other activities to raise money to purchase more books. Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Willis donated a lot and house fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q2S_potter-county_Amarillo-TX.html
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, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians, and since 1600 familiar to Spanish military parties and French t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q2R_potter-county-courthouse_Amarillo-TX.html
Organized in August 1887, Potter County erected its first courthouse in 1888 in old town Amarillo. The building was constructed by Mays, Hightower, and Jackson for a cost of $191.
Over the years, three more courthouses were built as Amarillo and…