The Texas city of Amarillo, situated close to the center of the Texas Panhandle in the northern piece of the state, is the region seat of Potter County. The city is practically equidistant from Albuquerque, New Mexico (285 miles toward the west) and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (245 miles toward the east), the two of which are open through Interstate I-40. Highway I-27 additionally benefits the city, as do U.S. Highways 60, 66, 87, and 287. Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, named after the NASA space explorer and Amarillo local who instructed the Space Shuttle Columbia, gives air transportation by a few significant air transporters.
Interesting Facts About Amarillo
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The city got its name from a sort of yellow grass fills nearby. Prior, the city used to be called Oneida.
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Amarillo inhabitants call it the Helium capital of the world on the grounds that a large portion of the world’s stockpile of this gas can be situated inside 200 and fifty miles of this Texas City.
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Amarillo is home to the biggest ravine inside the province of Texas. Palo Duro Canyon is second just to the Grand Canyon.
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Amarillo has a well established record of being America’s steers delivering capital. This is halfway because of the that there are some numerous enormous steers farms situated around here in the focal point of Texas.
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Perhaps of the biggest atomic weapon gathering plants in the United States is situated around here.
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The city and the encompassing scene have been utilized as a recording area in numerous famous films like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
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Amarillo has roused numerous country artists to compose and sing tunes about the city.
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At the point when the cows business sued entertainer and TV character Oprah Winfrey the case occurred in Amarillo.
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Renowned country artist Lacey Brown calls this city home.
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Amarillo is home to the Big Texan steakhouse. The Big Texan serves a 72 ounce steak and they guarantee… that anybody that can have the supper totally in under one hour can have the supper free of charge.