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Subregion in the United States
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The High Plains are in the northern Texas Panhandle.
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Restored 1886 native rock jail; early-day sheriff's quarters authentically furnished. Also features newly restored Old Mobeetie school building, Cataline one-room schoolhouse and a barbershop. Displays of historical items from Wheeler County; antiques. Facilities include 142 RV hookups, modern restrooms, covered outdoor pavilion and an indoor auditorium in the Old Mobeetie School building. Nearby is historical marker for Fort Elliott, established in 1875 and abandoned in 1890. None of the original buildings remain.
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By bus
Greyhound has terminals serving Amarillo, Dumas, and Hereford.
A car is an almost absolute necessity to see most of the sights of the region. For those arriving by plane, car rental is readily available at the airport in Amarillo.
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The largest city in the region, Amarillo typifies everything that is Texas as it exists in the popular imagination, but offers some surprises beyond the rodeos, cowboy culture, and oversized food items.
Borger is a city in the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle. It was a wild oil boom town through the 1920s, 30s, and 40s and is still very much an oil town to this day.
A university town which is the gateway to Palo Duro Canyon.
Home of the region's oldest college.
Convenient stopover for skiers on their way to the slopes of North Central New Mexico and Colorado.
A small town which is the gateway to the Alibates Flint Quarries and Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.
The heart of High Plains cattle territory.
Much affinity for the mule.
The region's second largest city is an industrial hub for the eastern High Plains.
A small train depot town with the charming Square House museum.
It provides a glimpse of early 20th-century, small-town Texas flavor.
Clarendon is a city in the Texas Panhandle.
The second largest canyon in the US.
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