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The current-day Globe-News is a combination of several newspapers previously published in Amarillo. One began on November 4, 1909, as a prohibition publication by the Baptist deacon Dr. Joseph Elbert Nunn (1851 – 1938). In 1916, Nunn turned the Amarillo Daily News into a general newspaper. Nunn also owned an electric company, and heavily ...
Brandon Slay, gold-medal Olympic wrestler. Amarillo Slim, professional poker player. Evan Tanner, professional mixed martial artist. William Thomas, professional football player. Devonte Upson (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Ken Vinyard, professional football player.
1899 - City of Amarillo incorporated. 1900 - Population: 1,442. 20th century. 1905 - Amarillo Livestock Auction begins. It will go on to become the world's largest seller of cattle by open bidding.: 169 1907 - Grand Opera House built. 1909 Amarillo News begins publication. Amarillo National Bank established. 1910 - Population: 9,957.
Amarillo, Texas. / 35.19917°N 101.84528°W / 35.19917; -101.84528. Amarillo ( / ˌæməˈrɪloʊ / [6] AM-ə-RIL-oh; Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the most populous city in the Texas Panhandle. [7] A portion of the city extends ...
Amarillo College (AC) is a public community college in Amarillo, Texas. It enrolls over 9,100 students and was established in 1929 as Amarillo Junior College . Amarillo College has a total of six campuses as of August 2023.
Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, US. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group Ant Farm . The installation consists of ten Cadillacs (1949–1963) buried nose-first in the ground.
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Amarillo metropolitan area. The Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in the Texas Panhandle that covers five counties: Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Randall, and Oldham. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 268,691. [1]