Clarendon, TX: KEARNEY STREET looking south from the intersection of U.S. Highway 287 (2nd Street)

Clarendon: CITY HALL of the oldest surviving town in the Texas Panhandle. Originally founded along the banks of the Salt Fork of the Red River, it moved five miles south to the present location to profit from the Denver-Ft. Worth railroad.

Clarendon: CLARENDON COLLEGE, established in 1898 by Methodists, is the oldest institution of higher education in the Texas Panhandle.

Clarendon: OLD FARM HOUSE on the north edge of town.

Clarendon: KEARNEY STREET looking north toward the railroad tracks.

Clarendon: SANDELL DRIVE-IN re-opened in 2002, showing movies nightly from March to December.

Clarendon: U.S. HIGHWAY 287, which Clarendon straddles, is the major truck route between Denver and Dallas-Ft.Worth.

Clarendon

Clarendon: hwy 70 north past lake

Clarendon: BURTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY, established in 1923, houses over 27,000 volumes.