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T. Boone Pickens on Growing Up in Amarillo
I moved to Amarillo from Holdenville, Oklahoma, in 1944, when I was sixteen years old. It was a tough move. I had just found the most beautiful girl in Holdenville, and I didn’t want to leave. But everything came together pretty quickly for me in Texas, and attending Amarillo High became one of the great experiences of my life. I still remember going to an assembly at school and thinking there were more people there than in the entire town I had come from. And as it turns out, I found another beautiful girl, Mary Jo Phillips, who was a neat gal and became my girlfriend.
T. Boone Pickens on Growing Up in Amarillo
I moved to Amarillo from Holdenville, Oklahoma, in 1944, when I was sixteen years old. It was a tough move. I had just found the most beautiful girl in Holdenville, and I didn’t want to leave. But everything came together pretty quickly for me in Texas, and attending Amarillo High became one of the great experiences of my life. I still remember going to an assembly at school and thinking there were more people there than in the entire town I had come from. And as it turns out, I found another beautiful girl, Mary Jo Phillips, who was a neat gal and became my girlfriend.
The Land That I Love
The last time I was in this part of Palo Duro Canyon, the authorities were after me, for all I knew with dogs and helicopters. That may be overstating the case, but there were helicopters overhead, and my backpacking companion and I were certainly paranoid that the law was on our tail. We were trespassing—heinous and despicable behavior for which we would eventually be arrested and receive our official comeuppance.
The Land That I Love
The last time I was in this part of Palo Duro Canyon, the authorities were after me, for all I knew with dogs and helicopters. That may be overstating the case, but there were helicopters overhead, and my backpacking companion and I were certainly paranoid that the law was on our tail. We were trespassing—heinous and despicable behavior for which we would eventually be arrested and receive our official comeuppance.
The Simple Life
Imagine driving through two states to get to the closest Wal-Mart. This is the reality for residents living in the small Panhandle town of Perryton.
The Simple Life
Imagine driving through two states to get to the closest Wal-Mart. This is the reality for residents living in the small Panhandle town of Perryton.
Wild Things
As a child I had the usual pets. But the feral critters I "adopted"—from chameleons to hermit crabs—were much more exciting.
Wild Things
As a child I had the usual pets. But the feral critters I "adopted"—from chameleons to hermit crabs—were much more exciting.
The Biggest Burger Ever
It may well be at Arnold’s, in Amarillo. Think twenty pounds of unseasoned meat and some forty slices of American cheese. Can anyone say “supersize”?
The Biggest Burger Ever
It may well be at Arnold’s, in Amarillo. Think twenty pounds of unseasoned meat and some forty slices of American cheese. Can anyone say “supersize”?
O, Canadian!
Once slowly dying, the Panhandle town has figured out how to turn itself into a tourist destination—thanks in large part to the peculiar love life of the lesser prairie chicken.
O, Canadian!
Once slowly dying, the Panhandle town has figured out how to turn itself into a tourist destination—thanks in large part to the peculiar love life of the lesser prairie chicken.
The Skinny on Slim
After six decades of trash-talking and shooting pool, Thomas Austin Preston, Jr., a.k.a. Amarillo Slim, is still the world’s greatest living hustler.
The Skinny on Slim
After six decades of trash-talking and shooting pool, Thomas Austin Preston, Jr., a.k.a. Amarillo Slim, is still the world’s greatest living hustler.
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