The first city newspaper "Echo", was printed in 1889.
Canyon incorporated in 1906 at the urging of Jasper N. Haney, Lawyer, who was elected first mayor.
First home in Canyon. A half dug-out with windows at ground level.
The T Anchor, owned by Jot Gunter and WM B. Munson, real estate investor from Grayson County, built a line of fence on this site in 1881, inclosing a 240,000 acre horse pasture.
Organized in December 21, 1890 was 7 charter members. Present structure began in 1929, was finished after national depression of the 1930's.
In 1909, two years after the Santa Fe Railroad extended it tracks from Amarillo to Canyon City, rancher and banker L.T. Lester established the Stockman's National Bank; it became First National Bank of Canyon City in 1909.
In memory of the men of Randall County who gave their lives for their country in World War II.
J. Frank Smith constructed this commercial building in 1906.
Constructed in 1926 for Canyon's growing Presbyterian congregation.
Celebration annually in Canyon 1900- 1910, this reunions were a focal point of social life.
Built in 1904. Site for policital, social, and church gatherings
Built in 1909 by Thomas P. Turk, this home was originally located at 402 Palo Duro Street.
The 36th Division of the U.S. Army served with distinction in World War II.
O'Keeffe returned to Texas in 1916 as a faculty member of West Texas State Normal College, now West Texas A&M University, where she held classes in Old Main.
One of the most significant battles of 1874-75.
The Hugh Currie family "Happy Hollow" was for many years the only house on the Amarillo-Tulia freight and stage lines.
|Sam Wood Cabin built in 1887 in Hog Town (now a ghost town in Hemphill County).
August 16, 1872 Colonel John I. Gregg and his troops skimered here with Kiowas.
The site became known as Umbarger when the Pecos Valley Railroad, built in 1898, named a rail switch after S.G. Umbarger.
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