Trippin Again: A walk through Panhandle history
Skylerr Patterson
The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum has reflected the region s history for 88 years.
Editor s note: As we begin to see COVID-19 in our rear-view mirrors, travelers are cautiously returning to the roads. This series offers destination options for eastern New Mexico-area residents looking to get away for a few days.
CANYON - In the center of this small Texas town lies more than 14,000 years of history. From cars to dinosaurs, the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum covers it all.
PPHM opened its doors in April of 1933. History Professor Hattie Anderson of West Texas Normal College, now West Texas A&M University, was the source of this vision.
Xcel Energy archives documenting history in TX Panhandle now preserved at PPHM The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum says it s planning to revamp education at the museum to benefit all 26 counties in the Texas Panhandle. (Source: KFDA) By Bailie Myers | April 6, 2021 at 10:30 AM CDT - Updated April 6 at 10:30 AM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The Xcel Energy Archives are now preserved at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon thanks to WTâS Center for the Study of the American West.
The archive preserves material charting the history of Xcel Energy in the Texas Panhandle.
âWithin these records is the story of how it came to be that most of the Panhandle is not on the Texas grid,â said Alex Hunt, director of CSAW.