Amarillo History

It was a place that advertised cocktails, pool, and girls...

Amarillo residents showed their opinion on the WW2 tire rationing in a very creative way.

Amarillo is rich in history, and the city itself is 136 years old. It's always great to remember how cool Amarillo was back in the day.

We are stepping back into the dark side of Amarillo circa 1930. It's a story of a man who just didn't want to be married anymore and decided that instead of getting a divorce, which was taboo back then, he would find a way to get rid of his wife.

Amarillo has seen its share of celebrity trials, however, there was one trial that took over an Amarillo courthouse that was bigger than Oprah and the Cattlemen.

Nowadays you'll find a coffee company and coffee shop on every corner. However, this is a recent development in the last twenty years.

Amarillo is a city with a rich history. In fact, you might now know just how rich history is until you start scrolling through an old newspaper.

Hawaiian evangelists, a small number of twentieth-century neo-pagan witches, bomb-sniffing dogs, police, and press all got together to party in Amarillo, Texas.

Amarillo has a ton of history we love to learn about and a lot of businesses that have stood the test of time. Some haven't.

Amarillo has a lot of history hiding in plain sight.

There have been five different Potter County Courthouses over the years.

Would you believe that the most notorious gangsters of the 20th century not only came through town, they gave a few citizens a run for their money--literally