Texas Plains Trail Region
Enjoy the rugged beauty and shimmering sunsets of the Texas Plains. Miles and miles of short grass prairie gives way suddenly and unexpectedly to spectacular canyon vistas as you cross this 52-county region that covers approximately 50,000 square miles!
One of the last parts of the continental United States to be permanently settled, the Texas Plains have been occupied for millennia. More than 12,000 years ago, the Clovis people, the earliest known residents of North America, roamed this land hunting the ancient bison and the Columbian mammoth. In time, the Apache and Comanche nations came, followed by Spanish explorers, cowboys on the free range, and finally, homesteaders seeking opportunity in a new place.
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"From Stage to Screen: Exploring Historic Theaters"
The Texas Plains Trail Region is home to some of the state’s most fascinating cultural and historical landmarks, and among its treasures are the historic theaters that dot its landscape. These theaters, preserved with care and pride, are more than just buildings; they are vital links to the past and powerful symbols of community and creativity.

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Lubbock
EPICENTER OF THE SOUTH PLAINS Lubbock, birthplace of 20th century rockabilly icon Buddy Holly, understands that history is often in the details. The city’s Buddy Holly Center exhibits many personal items that…

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Canadian
Drive the high rolling hills of Hemphill County and experience the same vistas seen by Native Americans hunting bison, Spanish explorers seeking treasure and American adventurists bound for California’s gold fields. Once…
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Fair Theatre
Fair Theatre 717 Broadway St. Plainview, Texas 79072 (806) 293-4000 Website

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Plainview
HISTORY IN PLAIN VIEW Plainview, a Texas Main Street city, is home to the Museum of the Llano Estacado, repository for the region’s ancient past. Plainview also maintains a remarkable collection of…

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Claude
A PLAINS LEGACY Before the Texas Plains Trail community of Claude installed modern plumbing for its residents, citizens were required to haul water from the public trough, located on the courthouse square…
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La Rita Performing Arts Theatre
311 Denrock Ave. Dalhart, TX 79022 (806) 244-6222 Website

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Spearman
Spearman, the seat of Hansford County, is home to the county's 1931 Art Moderne courthouse. The early modern brick structure reflects the Depression Era desire of communities to look toward a prosperous…

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Dalhart
In 1882, the Texas Legislature gave three million acres of state land to Illinois investors to fund a new Capitol building in Austin. The land became the XIT Ranch, which initially covered…

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Borger
During the Roaring Twenties, Borger boomed as one of West Texas’ roughest oil towns. Shrewd promoter and city namesake Ace Borger platted his town in March of 1926, and within three months…
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Mulkey Theatre
108 South Kearney Street Clarendon, TX 79226 (806) 874-2421 Website

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Clarendon
Brick streets and tree-shaded lawns frame the Donley County Courthouse like a century-old picture postcard. Pointed towers rise from polychromatic walls of red brick and white limestone. The restored 1891 Romanesque Revival…

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Childress
EASTERN GATEWAY TO THE PANHANDLE Childress, located in the southeastern corner of the Texas panhandle, owes much of its existence to another Plains community known as “Henry”. In the late 1800s, Henry…
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Palace Theater — Spur
Palace Theater 422 Burlington Ave. Spur, Texas 79370 (817) 468-5842 Website

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Spur
The so-called Beef Bonanza spread like wildfire across the plains during the 1880s, attracting European investors eager to profit from Western cattle. But sometimes drought and declining markets turned cattle booms into…
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Ritz Community Theatre — Snyder
Ritz Community Theatre 1810 26th St. Snyder, Texas 79549 (325) 436-0064 Website

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Snyder
In 1876 professional buffalo hunter J. Wright Mooar killed a rare white buffalo on Deep Creek, which flows through today’s Snyder. A few years earlier, Indian hunter Col. Ranald S. MacKenzie blazed…
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The Wallace Theater
823 Houston St. Levelland, Texas 79336 (806) 523-8773 Website

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Levelland
LEVELLAND Levelland, a Texas Main Street city, is “Living La Vida Mosaic.” As the states official City of Mosaics, Levelland touts over 100 mosaic art pieces throughout the city of 13,000 residents…
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Wellington Ritz Theatre
902 East Avenue Wellington, TX 79095 (806) 447-0090 Website

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Wellington
Six miles north of Wellington, in the Collingsworth Pioneer Park, visitors today can camp and picnic where Comanche Chief Quanah Parker and other native groups once pitched their tepees. Commemorating that connection…