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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/HM1O1G_the-united-states-topographical-engineers-in-the-high-plains-of-texas_Amarillo-TX.html
This region and much of western America was mapped under adversity, as territory held by hostile Indians. With the dual aims of compiling scientific data and opening the way for settlers, U.S. Army topographers covered ground earlier traversed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O12_the-x-lx-first-ranch-in-potter-county_Amarillo-TX.html
Established by W. H. Bates and D. T. Beals, Colorado merchants and ranchers on the Arkansas River since 1870. "Crowded conditions" there resulted in moving herd and brand to the Panhandle of Texas in 1877 — three years after Indians were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16BQ_fort-smith-sante-fe-trail_Amarillo-TX.html
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 center since 1609. This road was pioneered by Josiah Gregg, a Santa Fe trader who first passed thi…