tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.comments2023-08-27T03:12:31.623-07:00History of Amarillo, TexasGerry Bevershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311939520870098017noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-90165087440731510212023-06-05T14:48:56.036-07:002023-06-05T14:48:56.036-07:00Hi, my name is Richard Brown and my mom is Dorthy ...Hi, my name is Richard Brown and my mom is Dorthy Love Brown, Mary Eleanor's and Betty's sister. I remember that your mom and dad had a nightclub outside of Santa Fe , called The Red Rooster. It's been many years but I have fond memories or your mom.Brownrb1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07001059152818255823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-62152786121790565222022-07-28T08:05:29.230-07:002022-07-28T08:05:29.230-07:00I live there now. Would be interested to know more...I live there now. Would be interested to know more about the original floor plan.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129957380320260235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-36471634315801144942022-04-23T23:00:40.186-07:002022-04-23T23:00:40.186-07:00Hi. It seems I am as well. Although only a recent ...Hi. It seems I am as well. Although only a recent discovery. Email me? rox@babscommunity.comCCR Hostshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14720522943889333526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-20413371996029762492022-04-20T18:33:50.150-07:002022-04-20T18:33:50.150-07:00My husband worked for the demolition company that ...My husband worked for the demolition company that imploded it. I saw it come down!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318885249124464842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-25551925424411800472022-01-03T06:32:13.881-08:002022-01-03T06:32:13.881-08:00I have a postcard of this sketch with the followin...I have a postcard of this sketch with the following printed words: "Our Vision of a completed lodge in Palo Duro Canyon. May Your Visions become realities in 1941." <br />This was signed by Mr & Mrs. Guy A. Carlander.<br />The card was mailed with the stamped date Dec.2, 1940 to my late husband's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chamberlain, Clarendon, Texas.<br />What entity in Amarillo would be interested in having this bit of memorabilia? <br /><br />Diane Skeltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063544472004495686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-8917796304092944142022-01-01T14:17:23.180-08:002022-01-01T14:17:23.180-08:00Thanks for this information. It helped me date an ...Thanks for this information. It helped me date an old "Hill"key ring toothpick holder attached to a Frost Motor Company car tag with a phone number on the tag that is "4361". My grandfather worked as an auto mechanic for numerous dealerships from the 1920's until the 1950's.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14131469957624926460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-65250161824845669812021-11-11T18:48:18.648-08:002021-11-11T18:48:18.648-08:00A relative of mine owned this house at 1616 Tyler ...A relative of mine owned this house at 1616 Tyler after Cyd’s family. I spent every summer of my youth there. It was a majestic house with multiple bedrooms, a library, two living rooms, a walk-thru kitchen pantry, a huge basement and much more. I miss that house, and my time there, so much.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901262686580601584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-794663201390427982021-11-09T18:24:53.533-08:002021-11-09T18:24:53.533-08:00Did you know John Renegar?Did you know John Renegar?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156382288696063964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-32801695889399470542021-08-13T12:16:20.773-07:002021-08-13T12:16:20.773-07:00Is the building still a Nursing Home?Is the building still a Nursing Home?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323693277268016690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-83724511527912330172021-05-22T15:12:29.833-07:002021-05-22T15:12:29.833-07:00My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her gra...My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her grand father Joe Sneed she grew up next door to this home at 2117 S. Harrison Street until her mother Mary Eleanor Love Pemberton (Sneed) accidentally killed herself on pills and alcohol in 1950. My mother then moved into this home until 1957 when she ran off one night with her aunt Betty Love Sneed who was drunk and naked except for a mink coat and diamonds to Santa Fe, NM and lived at the El Encanto Hotel where she met my father. My mother never returned to Amarillo to live.Brosenconsulting@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270771183183913786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-30224333383377852002021-05-22T15:12:24.029-07:002021-05-22T15:12:24.029-07:00My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her gra...My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her grand father Joe Sneed she grew up next door to this home at 2117 S. Harrison Street until her mother Mary Eleanor Love Pemberton (Sneed) accidentally killed herself on pills and alcohol in 1950. My mother then moved into this home until 1957 when she ran off one night with her aunt Betty Love Sneed who was drunk and naked except for a mink coat and diamonds to Santa Fe, NM and lived at the El Encanto Hotel where she met my father. My mother never returned to Amarillo to live.Brosenconsulting@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270771183183913786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-62832890155536767042021-05-22T15:06:23.820-07:002021-05-22T15:06:23.820-07:00My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her gra...My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her grand father Joe Sneed she grew up next door to this home at 2117 S. Harrison Street until her mother Mary Eleanor Love Pemberton (Sneed) accidentally killed herself on pills and alcohol in 1950. My mother then moved into this home until 1957 when she ran off one night with her aunt Betty Love Sneed who was drunk and naked except for a mink coat and diamonds to Santa Fe, NM and lived at the El Encanto Hotel where she met my father. My mother never returned to Amarillo to live.Brosenconsulting@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270771183183913786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-74846318811998987232021-05-22T15:06:13.090-07:002021-05-22T15:06:13.090-07:00My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her gra...My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her grand father Joe Sneed she grew up next door to this home at 2117 S. Harrison Street until her mother Mary Eleanor Love Pemberton (Sneed) accidentally killed herself on pills and alcohol in 1950. My mother then moved into this home until 1957 when she ran off one night with her aunt Betty Love Sneed who was drunk and naked except for a mink coat and diamonds to Santa Fe, NM and lived at the El Encanto Hotel where she met my father. My mother never returned to Amarillo to live.Brosenconsulting@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270771183183913786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-54446714678010180132021-05-22T15:05:14.888-07:002021-05-22T15:05:14.888-07:00My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her gra...My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her grand father Joe Sneed she grew up next door to this home at 2117 S. Harrison Street until her mother Mary Eleanor Love Pemberton (Sneed) accidentally killed herself on pills and alcohol in 1950. My mother then moved into this home until 1957 when she ran off one night with her aunt Betty Love Sneed who was drunk and naked except for a mink coat and diamonds to Santa Fe, NM and lived at the El Encanto Hotel where she met my father. My mother never returned to Amarillo to live.Brosenconsulting@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270771183183913786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-83287997596245365452021-05-22T15:02:57.506-07:002021-05-22T15:02:57.506-07:00My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her gra...My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her grand father Joe Sneed she grew up next door to this home at 2117 S. Harrison Street until her mother Mary Eleanor Love Pemberton (Sneed) accidentally killed herself on pills and alcohol in 1950. My mother then moved into this home until 1957 when she ran off one night with her aunt Betty Love Sneed who was drunk and naked except for a mink coat and diamonds to Santa Fe, NM and lived at the El Encanto Hotel where she met my father. My mother never returned to Amarillo to live.Brosenconsulting@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270771183183913786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-11925472746937912202021-05-22T15:01:57.474-07:002021-05-22T15:01:57.474-07:00My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her gra...My mother Jo Ann Pemberton was named after her grand father Joe Sneed she grew up next door to this home at 2117 S. Harrison Street until her mother Mary Eleanor Love Pemberton (Sneed) accidentally killed herself on pills and alcohol in 1950. My mother then moved into this home until 1957 when she ran off one night with her aunt Betty Love Sneed who was drunk and naked except for a mink coat and diamonds to Santa Fe, NM and lived at the El Encanto Hotel where she met my father. My mother never returned to Amarillo to live.Brosenconsulting@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270771183183913786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-80471253289819097592021-02-20T21:11:32.507-08:002021-02-20T21:11:32.507-08:00The death certificate for Earnest E. Finklea says ...The death certificate for Earnest E. Finklea says 1614 Tyler. When checking I didn't find a 1614.<br />He of course was Cyd's Dad. He passed in 1938. !930 census says they were on Taylor street, however mistakes get made. 1940 census shows Mrs Finklea on Van Buren. FYI Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923204787068391032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-41133539015884692932021-01-09T22:28:07.612-08:002021-01-09T22:28:07.612-08:00I just found out about the original Dutch Mantel t...I just found out about the original Dutch Mantel thanks to Ron Fuller's Studd Cast. I'm likely going to write something in time for January 31 when he passed. Have found his story fascinating. Thank you for your article and happy to give credit if thats okay to use this as a resource. Kind regards, GregGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074621941125914426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-31958021878155134152020-12-21T18:24:20.013-08:002020-12-21T18:24:20.013-08:00I attended Price College in the fall of 1956 as a ...I attended Price College in the fall of 1956 as a Highschool Junior after moving from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Played football Junior and Senior year. Graduated in 1958. A very fine school with both day students and boarders from around the USA. I was a day student. Wonderful memories of the Christian Brothers who instructed us at Price. We closely associated with the girls of St Mary's Academy in Amarillo. David F. Albrecht Sr. PMC 1958 Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729827272022682648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-20393810005128220312020-12-17T12:30:28.350-08:002020-12-17T12:30:28.350-08:00I loved the old Talmadge. Went to parties in the p...I loved the old Talmadge. Went to parties in the penthouse and visited friends there. It was the closest thing to a NY style apartment in Amarillo. When it was sold it was gutted and renovated and all the old fixtures were auctioned off. Now the only original parts of the building are the brick facades.desertratroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09807480834171658522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-9083751599372832462020-11-02T13:23:22.341-08:002020-11-02T13:23:22.341-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Greg Prosmushkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469085569109130005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-41330618005701759682020-06-21T10:23:39.586-07:002020-06-21T10:23:39.586-07:00Hello everyone on here my name is Fumo Sadiku livi...Hello everyone on here my name is Fumo Sadiku living in Malindi City Kenyan I want to tell a little more about a good hearten man called Benjamin Breil Lee working with funding service as loan officer, Mr Benjamin Breil Lee helped me get a loan of 37,115,225.00 Shillings on my trying time trying to get back on my feet to raise my business I know there are some of you here who are in financial difficulties to talk to Mr Benjamin on what's app +1-989-394-3740 Or also with his personal E-mail on lfdsloans@outlook.com I'm so glad for what he did for me and for his Bank accountant as well Accountant Hernandez Lucas Thank you very much for your work well done.Fumo Sadikuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348857782425553333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-37728218699318151182020-06-21T09:15:09.507-07:002020-06-21T09:15:09.507-07:00I would highly recommend Mr, Benjamin services to ...I would highly recommend Mr, Benjamin services to any person in need financial help and they will keep you on top of high directories for any further needs. 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Capital Hotel has a great lunch place as did Barfield Building and many others.Im sure if you go back to old maps you could find it.Armandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003750435245781285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660901874571992390.post-54591577601191986562020-05-06T10:09:55.178-07:002020-05-06T10:09:55.178-07:00Yes it is and eye pass by it all the time . But th...Yes it is and eye pass by it all the time . But this time eye decided to take a picture because this is history that was never told. And eye was curious to know Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256497352217424709noreply@blogger.com