Shamrock (Texas)
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![former U Drop Inn, listed in the NRHP with the no. 97001160 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:U-Drop_Inn.jpg) former U Drop Inn , listed in the NRHP with the number 97001160 |
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| Location in Texas | |||
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| Foundation : | 1890 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Wheeler County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 13 ′ N , 100 ° 15 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,029 (as of: 2000 ) | ||
| FIPS : | 48-67160 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1368050 | ||
 former U Drop Inn Cafe |
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Shamrock is a small town in the Texas Panhandle, the northernmost part of the US state of Texas . It is located on the former Route 66 and was the first major port of call when you came to Texas from the east during the heyday of “Mother Road”. Shamrock is located 110 miles (180 km) east of Amarillo , 188 miles (303 km) west of Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , and 291 miles (468 km) northwest of Dallas .
history
Shamrock was the largest town in Wheeler County in the late 19th century . The name comes from an Irish immigrant who under the name of the Irish clover leaf (Shamrock) wanted to set up a post office here, but this was never realized.
In 1902 the city received a railway connection. Initially the railway company named Wheeler station after the name of the region, but renamed it Shamrock a year later in 1903 .
In 1938 they remembered the Irish roots of the place and celebrated St. Patrick's Day for the first time . Interrupted only by the years of World War II, Shamrock celebrates this Irish holiday in mid-March as a one-day city festival. Shamrock claims it has the best St. Patrick's Day celebration in Texas.
Oil and gas have been produced in the Shamrock area since 1926. Shamrock had its highest population in 1930, when 3,778 people lived in the city.
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1920 | 1227 | - | |
| 1930 | 3780 | 208.1% | |
| 1940 | 3123 | -17.4% | |
| 1950 | 3322 | 6.4% | |
| 1960 | 3113 | -6.3% | |
| 1970 | 2644 | -15.1% | |
| 1980 | 2834 | 7.2% | |
| 1990 | 2286 | -19.3% | |
| 2000 | 2029 | -11.2% | |
| 1920-2000, | |||
Shamrock today
A tourist attraction is the “U Drop Inn”, a Conoco petrol station with a café , built in 1936 in an Art Deco design . It is often also called Tower Station or Tower Café. By bypassing the city when building Interstate 40 , Route 66 largely lost its importance to the city as through traffic dropped dramatically. In the 1990s , the "U Drop Inn" ceased operations. 1997 the building was as a National Historic Landmark under monument protection provided and carefully restored. Today it serves as a museum.
The former Reynolds Hotel houses the Pioneer West Museum . It's devoted to the history of the area, from the Native American Indians of the prairie to Alan Bean , one of the astronauts on the Apollo 12 mission who hails from Wheeler County .
The fictional Ramone's Body Shop in the Oscar- nominated Pixar animation film Cars by John Lasseter (2006) is based on the U-Drop-Inn in Shamrock.
restored "Magnolia" gas station in Shamrock
Shamrock Main Street
The Pioneer West Museum in Shamrock
sons and daughters of the town
- Bill Mack (1932-2020), singer and disc jockey
- Glenn Reeves (1932-1999), rockabilly singer
See also
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- Michael Wallis, Route 66: The Mother Road, Griffin (2008) ISBN 0-312-28161-7 .
- Holger Hoetzel, Route 66: Straße der Sehnsucht , Ullstein; (1992) ISBN 3-550-06558-2 .
- Tom Snyder, Route 66: Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion Griffin (2000) ISBN 0-312-25417-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
