Post-Pandemic travel has begun. This week we visited Canyon, TX and Trinidad, CO.
Canyon is home to West Texas A&M University and the Panhandle Plains History Museum. Georgia O'Keefe was a professor at the University for a while when it was known as West Texas State Normal College.
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| Their version of Mt. Rushmore includes Georgia O'Keefe, Col. Charles Goodnight, Matthew "Bones" Hooks, and Quanah Parker A bit of history: Georgia O'Keefe - famous painter of southwest images Col. Charles Goodnight - A rancher known as the Father of the Texas Panhandle Mathew Hooks - Amarillo civic leader and first black person to serve on a Potter County Grand Jury Quanah Parker - son of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white child kidnapped and raised by Comanches, and a Comanche chief. He became emissary for the indigenous peoples to the US Legislature.
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| The title carved onto the sculpture read: The Original Texans |
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| Buffalo Courts. The building was constructed during the 1930s using student labor, community donations and State and Federal Funding. Materials included limestone, petrified wood, and other stones found nearby. It was once a much larger complex. This part serves as the offices of Alumni relations. |
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| Inside Buffalo Courts |
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| VanGo |
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| Col. Charles Goodnight |
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| Panhandle Plains Historical Museum |
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| Replica of a village near Antelope Creek 50 miles northeast of Amarillo. 1938-41 archaeologists excavated 29 rooms. |
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