Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum - Canyon, TX
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 34° 58.793 W 101° 55.030
14S E 233698 N 3874700
Huge place, spend the whole day
Waymark Code: WMM17D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/01/2014
Views: 3
County of museum: Randall County
Location of museum: 2503 4th Ave, Canyon
Phone: (806) 651-2244
The outside is full of stuff also. Goodnight statue..his real life adventure with his friends body (Oliver Loving) was used by author Larry McMurtry for the trek to bring his buddy's body back to a special spot in LONESOME DOVE.
T-Anchor Ranch headquarters building, and then you can see Hollywood had it all wrong.
Remains of Fort Bascom where Kit Carson fought his last battle.
Admission:
outside is free
$10 - Adults
$9 - Seniors 65+
$9 - Groups over 20
$5 - Children (4-12)
$3 - Children's Groups
Free - Members and children under 4
Free - West Texas A&M University Faculty, Staff and Students with Buff Gold Card
Hours:
September - May
9 am - 5 pm, Tuesday - Saturday
June - August
9 am - 6 pm, Monday - Saturday
Closed Sundays, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
When I visited I was boxed out of a lot of stuff, you see there were 7 bus loads of junior high aged kids blocking and running and ---well you know.
So I offer this U-Tube film to replace what I missed : 49 minutes of the inside
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