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POST, TEXAS
Garza County Seat,
Texas Panhandle
Intersection of Hwys 380 and 84
24 miles E of Tahoka
42 miles SE of Lubbock
160 miles SE of Amarillo
125 miles NW of Abilene
73 miles miles N of Big
Spring
Population: 3,708 (2000)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The town was founded in 1907, which is rather late by Texas standards.
C. W. Post had already visited Texas and had experience planning
a community west of Fort
Worth. After making millions in the cereal business back in
Battle Creek Michigan, he returned to Texas and bought 225,000
acres in Lynn and Garza Counties, platting a town based on a grid
of streets and avenues, not unlike Miami, Florida.
The town was originally called Post City, but the name was
changed (and the town incorporated) after Mr. Post's death (following
surgery) in California. They once had a newspaper called the Post
City Post.
Since Mr. Post's model city was based on an agrarian economy,
he experimented in rainmaking as a form of crop insurance. The
King Ranch had been doing their own experiments about this same
time in this inexact science, although they used U.S. Army artillery,
while Post had to make do with civilian dynamite.
The Post, Texas website contains a timeline showing the development
of the city during its first years. A history of this unusual town
and its founding has just been reprinted and is for sale at the museum.
Many of the town's early structures, including the Algerita
Hotel date from the town's founding. Mr. Post's house has become
a funeral home and the town's sanitarium has become the Garza County
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is a definite stop on any trip going through the Texas panhandle and
is a worthy destination in itself.
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Scenic Drive
FM 669 - According to the Texas Travel Guide "FM669 south
toward Gail reaches edge of Texas High Plains called the Llano Estacado
... Highway descends the abrupt edge where plains end, traveling through
panoramas of steep cliffs and colorful canyons."
Post Tourist Information
Post Chamber of Commerce
106 S. Broadway - 806-495-3461
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