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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29KE_a-route-66-legend_Amarillo-TX.html
The Big Texan Steak Ranch opened in 1960 on Route 66, ten years later Interstate 40 opened & Route 66 was bypassed. This created an immediate catastrophic drop in business, forcing founder Bob (RJ) Lee to move the Big Texan to I-40 or lose the Big…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UU_potter-county_Amarillo-TX.html
Formed from
Young and Bexar Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized August 30, 1887
Named in honor of
Robert Potter
1800 - 1842
Signer of The Declaration of
Independence
Secretary of the Navy
Senator in the Texas
Congress, 1840…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q57_1983-relocation-of-the-helium-monument_Amarillo-TX.html
The Helium Monument was moved from its former location at I-40 and Nelson Street to this location on December 16, 1982. The 8 ½ ton stainless steel monument was moved around the southern limits of Amarillo, by an Army 'Chinook' helicopter fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q56_jack-b-kelley_Amarillo-TX.html
Amarillo's status as the "Helium Capital of the World" can be traced back to the efforts on one man, Jack B. Kelley.
Kelley was born in 1916 in Sherman, Texas and moved to Amarillo in 1925. He attended Amarillo High School and in 1941…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q55_amarillo-helium-plant_Amarillo-TX.html
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. From 1929 until 1943, it furnished almost all of the world's supply of helium.
Operating around…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4V_northwest-texas-hospital-school-of-nursing_Amarillo-TX.html
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 strained municipal and medical facilities and a public teaching hospital was built. The complex i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4R_route-66-in-amarillo_Amarillo-TX.html
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 from Chicago to Los Angeles, the route in Texas crossed 7 panhandle counties over 177 miles. Rou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4N_amarillo-natatorium-the-nat_Amarillo-TX.html
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 year round use. In 1926 the building was converted into a dance hall with 10,000 square feet of map…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4L_william-henry-bush_Amarillo-TX.html
The Frying Pan Ranch was founded in 1881 by Amarillo Pioneer Henry Sanborn and J.F. Glidden, the inventor of barbed wire. The partnership was dissolved in 1894. Glidden sold the ranch to his son-in-law, W.H. Bush, who later endowed the free librar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4K_smith-rogers-house_Amarillo-TX.html
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. The home was purchased in 1945 by Jesse A. Rogers, who planned to move his car dealership to the s…