Day Trips: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon

The history attic of the Texas Panhandle closes for the foreseeable future

"...The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon is the attic of Texas...."

April 11, 2025 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Letters at 3AM: Jesus Walking the Panhandle

The Christian cross is a question mark

"...and a trailer all by their lonesome on rolling plains in the middle of nowhere. That stretch of 70..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

High Plains Chamber

The Harrington String Quartet, which makes its third appearance with the Austin Chamber Music Center's annual summer festival in July, is based in Amarillo, and though that may not seem like a likely spot for a chamber music ensemble, the members of the Harrington Quartet feel quite at home on the range.

"...Chilean-born cellist Emmanuel Lopez, who came to the Texas Panhandle in 1991 after a musical education at the University..."

July 11, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Day Trips: Levelland

Mosaics on the High Plains

"...The Panhandle town 31 miles west of Lubbock calls itself "The..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is the Texas version of the Smithsonian Institute

"...The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is the Smithsonian Institute of Texas. The..."

April 21, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Texas Panhandle has many treasures to behold

"...The Texas Panhandle covers somewhere around 25,000 square miles of Northwest Texas,..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Quanah Parker walked the stony road from nomadic Plains Indian to successful cattle rancher

"...Quanah Parker walked the stony road from nomadic Plains Indian to successful cattle rancher. The era of the..."

May 13, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Beat the heat in San Marcos and have fun at events around the state

"...famous pair of double switchbacks. The view of the plains off to the east is amazing, but seeing bicyclists..."

July 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Sweet sheep, Lonesome Dove peeks, and more to see around the state

"...to find the wide-spot in TX35 on the coastal plains southwest Bay City. A renovation in 1977 added modern..."

Aug. 1, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Coyote Country Store, Gail

Beautiful scenery and good food at a unique outdoor music venue

"...in Gail is surrounded by scenic mesas as the Panhandle Plains transition into the Rolling Plains. The cafe opens..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Livestock brands tell many stories of an industry and of families in the language of the plains

"...industry and of families in the language of the plains. Behind the marks of ownership are centuries of history..."

April 22, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Letters at 3AM

Are the Panhandle's many roadside monuments to Christ testaments of faith or unadmitted doubt, or some of both?

"..."to the thick darkness where God was." The vast plains of the Texas Panhandle are an apt setting to..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Braying for Plutonium

The U.S. Dept. of Energy visits Amarillo in search of friendly site for manufacturing nuclear warheads.

"...as we speak. And it's not enough for the Panhandle's Big Mules, the business elite, who see only gold..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

Day Trips

The Devil's Rope Museum in McLean chronicles the closing of the Great American Plain with barbed wire.

"...The Devil's Rope Museum, in the Texas Panhandle town of McLean, tells the story of one of..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: The Giant Legs of Amarillo

Mock tribute to Ozymandias adds quirky character to the Panhandle

"...but always the bodiless limbs hold up the expansive Panhandle sky...."

July 16, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Joe Ely Record Review

Panhandle Rambler (Rack 'Em)

"...open spaces surrounding Lubbock where he learned his trade, Panhandle Rambler pulls up as a suite, an homage to..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Day Trips

Historic spring still an oasis in the West Texas town of Big Spring

"...On the rugged southern edge of the Texas Panhandle plains, the spring drew from a relatively small section..."

April 25, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: McPherson Cellars, Lubbock

Meet Kim McPherson, the High Plains vintner

"...showed that wine grapes could flourish in the Texas Panhandle...."

Nov. 3, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Take the Texas music heritage tour and learn more about Texas' homegrown talent, such as Bob Wills, Buddy Holly, and more

"...The Texas music heritage tour stretches from the High Plains to the Rio Grande. The list of musicians that..."

March 10, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Two new guides lead the way to some hidden Central Texas jewels

"...sites, this is a diverse area from the mesquite-covered plains south of San Antonio to the rugged, juniper-covered hills..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Wind in Your Face

Jaston Williams explains why life in Lubbock blows

"...so many creative people. Tonight three escapees from that Panhandle purgatory – Jaston Williams, Joe Ely, and Jo Carol..."

May 28, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Catherine Lee

Back in her home state full-time, the noted artist shares her work and what she's learned in 30 years of making art

"...Catherine Lee grew up in the Panhandle plains of Texas and spent the last 30 years..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Rachel Cook

Redistricting 2001

Putting Texas Politics on the Map

"...East Texas, Harris and Bexar Counties, and especially the Panhandle/Plains region, where every district west of Weatherford and north..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Welcome to Texasland

Bob Bullock's final monument to himself, the Texas State History Museum, won't have many historical documents, but it promises to be entertaining.

"...Center for Texas History, the Texas Memorial Museum, the Panhandle Plains Museum, the San Jacinto Museum, the LBJ Library,..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Bill Crawford

day trips

"...Natural History, the Witte Museum in San Antonio, the Panhandle Plains Museum in Canyon, the Texas Tech Museum in..."

May 30, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas by Georgia

How O'Keeffe Adopted the Lone Star State

"...Yellow Leaves, 1928 When she lived in the Texas Panhandle, Georgia O'Keeffe stared across the vast empty spaces and..."

March 20, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Day Trips

The geologic magnificence of Palo Duro Canyon.

"...uniquely spectacular beauty. Traveling south from Amarillo, the Great Plains are almost billiard-table flat until you reach the great..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Against the odds, Palo Duro Canyon became a major jewel in the state parks system.

"...camp while they hunted the buffalo that wandered the plains. The Indians' supremacy of the Panhandle came to an..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The High Plains wine country offers wine lovers a nice selection of quality wineries to tour and enjoy a sampling of their wares

"...The High Plains wine country makes up in quality for what it..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Deep in the Heart

Texas' diverse and precious wildlife gets the documentary it deserves

"...frozen ranges of Caprock Canyons State Park in the Panhandle, where snow-crusted Bison are coming back from near-extinction, to..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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