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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/HM1ZCE_the-canadian-river_TX.html
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.
This waterway was also one of the first interior rivers of the U.S. known to early explore…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZCD_great-spanish-road-first-ranch-in-potter-county-first-store-in-potter-county_TX.html
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 meet traders from San Augustine, Nacogdoches, and other Spanish towns of East Texas. In 1786, Pedro …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z9Q_first-gas-well-in-the-panhandle-of-texas_TX.html
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 slope of John Ray Butte.
The geological structure was discovered by Dr. Charles N. Gould in 190…
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…