Amarillo: The Story of a Western Town

by Paul H. Carlson

Book Overview

"Step into the Real Texas"--Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Amarillo, the Queen City of the Texas Panhandle, is known far beyond its immediate vicinity--the high tableland called the Llano Estacado. The famous highway Route 66 ran through the very heart of Amarillo. Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Neil Sedaka, and James Durst each recorded a different song titled "Amarillo." Named by True West magazine as one of the fifty most Western towns in America,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896725871
• ISBN13: 9780896725874
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"