hello everyone, i hope this post comes not too far away from the previous. this one isn’t food related (although the next one probably will be). but this post is still somewhat interesting for those who enjoy bits of history.
now, my job requires me to move around the Texas panhandle quite a bit, and in doing so, i try to knock more items off of my 30 Before 30. i found a few more little gems over the past couple of days which i find to be quite interesting.
first off, for those of you who don’t know, i live in Amarillo, TX, which is pretty much the center of the panhandle, the other day i had to drive out to Bovina, TX, which doesn’t really have a lot of things going on, and it’s really not much of a ghost town either. however, i passed a few US Historical Markers on the way there (some near Friona, TX (known as the “cheeseburger capital of texas, and “the biggest small town in texas”), and some near Hereford, TX (known as the “beef capital of the world” and the city is actually named after the Hereford breed of cattle!)).
anyway! one of the historical markers i passed, was (to be honest) a little lame. Historical Marker 4871 (Parmerton):
Parmerton
like i was explaining to my coworker i was driving along with: “historical markers are like easter eggs. some have crappy candy in them, and some have two-dollar bills”
during our drive through Friona, we stopped at this mom-n-pop joint called Tasty Cream, and i ordered a delicious pistachio shake
pistachio shake, green goodness
very delicious. the rest of our trip out there was pretty boring, but on the way back, we stopped at another marker (only because i bought my coworker a dr. pepper float at Tasty Cream). This was an unnumbered marker, from what i can tell it’s just Texas Marker 1982? either way, it was pretty interesting, and certainly one of those “two-dollar bill easter eggs”:
seriously? a POW camp in the Texas Panhandle???
so this one completely blew my mind. i never knew there was a POW camp in the Panhandle. and from the information i gathered from this site, there is a monument there now dedicated to the 3 italians who died while they were held there. so that was pretty interesting for all you WWII buffs…
the next day i had to once again drive out to Hereford, so on the way back i swung through and caught US Historical Marker 5527 (which marks the site of Dawn, TX):
Dawn…. not much happens here
so that’s it for now, just a super quick update. i promise i will be posting something else this weekend, hope you all enjoyed my travels! nothing more excited than the open road, you never know what you’ll come across!
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