Amarillo, TX news and local guide

On June 19, 1888, Henry B. Sanborn, called the Father of Amarillo, and his partner Joseph F. Glidden began buying land to the east, arguing that Berry's site was low and would flood. Sanborn offered to trade lots and help pay for new buildings, and businesses gradually moved to Polk Street. Heavy rains in 1889 nearly flooded Berry's part of town, more people moved, and an 1893 election made Sanborn's site the county seat. By the late 1890s Amarillo was one of the world's busiest cattle-shipping points. Wheat brought grain elevators and mills in the early 1900s, and natural gas was found in 1918 and oil three years later. The federal government bought the helium-rich Cliffside Gas Field in 1927, and the Bureau of Mines' Amarillo Helium Plant, opened two years later, was for many years the world's only producer of commercial helium. The National Helium Reserve is stored at Cliffside. Sources Wikipedia: Amarillo, Texas