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CLARENDON,
TEXAS
Donley County Seat,
Texas Panhandle
Hwys 70 and 287
51 miles SE of Amarillo
Population:
2,000
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St.
John Baptist Episcopal Church in Clarendon
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Stockton P. Donley was a Texas Supreme Court Judge.
Clarendon has nearly as interesting a founding as Post,
Texas. While Post was founded on matters of health, so was Clarendon
- in a way. It was originally set up to be a town where cowboys could
"dry out". L. H. Carhart, a Methodist Minister, envisioned Clarendon
to be what he called a "sobriety settlement." |
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Clarendon
College
1913 postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
%7Etxpstcrd/ |
Clarendon
Attractions
Donley
County Courthouse
Donley has never seen the need to replace its one 1894 courthouse.
The courthouse is romanesque revival and is built of brick and stone.
Saints Roost
Museum
- Hwy 70 South of town. In former Hospital founded by Cornelia Adair.
The name Saint's Roost was bestowed upon Clarendon by cowboys who
were mildly chiding the founder's intentions.
S.W. Lowe
House
- Victorian Mansion (c.1904) 806-874-3332
South of Hwy 287 at the corner of Taylor and Fifth Avenue.
Clarendon
Hotels
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Mulkey
Theatre
in Clarendon
Photo by Wes Reeves |
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Clarendon
Tourist Information
Clarendon/Donley
County Chamber of Commerce
PO BOX 730 Clarendon, Texas 79226
806-874-2421
www.clarendonedc.org
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Clarendon
Texas Forum
Subject:
Clarendon History
Dear Editor -
I am doing some genealogical history and am wondering if you have
suggestions as to a local person with whom I might communicate.
I am researching a fellow named Rev. Richard Allen Hall who was
a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was Presiding
Elder of the Clarendon District for four years in the 1893-1899
period. Supposedly he helped to found or did found Clarendon College
and was on the Board of Trustees. He married a woman named Alice
Texanna Neely from that area in 1881. If you have any suggestions
as to someone who might be familiar with area Methodist preachers
in that period or the founding of Clarendon, I would be very interested
in communicating with them. Thank you. - Kalmin Smith, May 28,
2006, KalminSmith@aol.com
Anyone wishing to share history or photos of Clarendon, Texas, please
contact
us.
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