Plains Trail Region
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
2503 4th Avenue Canyon, TX 79015 (806) 651-2244 Website
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.
Plains Trail Region
2503 4th Avenue Canyon, TX 79015 (806) 651-2244 Website
Plains Trail Region
Amarillo
TURNING YELLOW INTO GOLD The color of the local creek bank soil and the saffron hue of area wildflowers were the most likely inspirations for naming this 1887 townsite for the Spanish…
Plains Trail Region
1801 Crickets Avenue Lubbock, TX 79401 (806) 775-3560 Website
Plains Trail Region
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…
Plains Trail Region
37084 Alibates Rd Fritch, TX 79036 (806) 857-3151 Website