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Musician Hayden Pedigo, at The Lovers mural in downtown Amarillo, cites vintage shop Caliche, Saigon Restaurant, ... Read More »
Searching for Home at Lubbock’s Joyland Amusement Park
Open Road | November 2023 All You Got Left A family’s indelible memories of Lubbock’s Joyland Amusement Park by ... Read More »
Author George Saunders on the Whole Texas Thing
Peter Strain In the contemporary world of literature, George Saunders is known for many things. There are his ... Read More »
The Daytripper Finds Small Town Charm at the Metro’s Edge
The town of Liberty Hill, population 8,700, has embraced the Hill Country's rapid growth without losing its ... Read More »
Amarillo’s Where We’ll Be
Driving to Amarillo from any direction is a lesson in the coexistence of old and new. Rusty oil wells dot the flat ... Read More »
In the Land of Woody Guthrie
Thelma Bray had lived in Pampa for almost 60 years when she first heard that America’s greatest folk singer, Woody ... Read More »
The Bittersweet Legacy of Hereford’s POW Camp
Buses filled with elderly men lumbered down dusty Panhandle roads and rolled to a stop at the edge of a cornfield. ... Read More »
Reshaping the Town of Panhandle
Originally named Carson City, the town of Panhandle was a community of 30,000 during the late 1920s oil boom. When ... Read More »
Capturing the Perfect Storm in Texline
Dallas-based photographer Sean Fitzgerald was exploring the Rita Blanca National Grasslands near Texline on an ... Read More »
How Amarillo Became a Mecca for International Cuisine
At Marhaba Eritrean and Ethiopian Cuisine and Market, each order of coffee sparks a ritual. Surrounded by shelves ... Read More »
These Small Wonders Are the Panhandle’s Greatest Resource
American avocets take flight as the sun rises in the Texas Panhandle, cutting through storm clouds that have ... Read More »
Chasing the Wind Across the Texas Panhandle
I was a high school senior in Amarillo when Mad About You—a TV show that was never very funny, but Helen Hunt was ... Read More »
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