Wildorado, Texas

If you're interested in the history of 20th century grain storage (and who isn't?),
Wildorado, Texas is an interesting little town.

Palo Duro Wildorado Cemetery

 Early settlers to this area included the J.C. Womble family, which came in January 1892. The next year, the community obtained land on which to build a schoolhouse, known as the Union School. In May 1893, George D. Whitfield, a young cowboy, was buried in what was the schoolyard. His is the first marked burial, although two earlier graves were known to exist at the time.

In 1901, residents organized the Palo Duro Missionary Baptist Church and held services in the schoolhouse. They moved across the road in 1905. In May 1910, the school moved approximately two miles north, and the property reverted back to its original owner. The land with the gravesites was deeded to the community in 1914 for use as a cemetery.

During the mid-20th century, area residents bought additional land and added a well and fence. As the burial site of numerous area residents, as well as men and women veterans of the military, the cemetery serves as a link to the area's rich history.

Royal Inn Motel: Wildorado, Texas

 

 

Rust and Grain

Wildorado, Texas

The Windy Cow Café

Wildorado, Texas

Signage: P.G.C. CO-OP Feed

Wildorado, Texas (Sixgun Siding)

(Special Collections Library, Texas Tech) The Producers Grain Corporation (PGC) was a regional grain marketing cooperative headquartered in Amarillo, Texas.
It was organized by twenty-nine country elevators in April 1938. It opened international trade markets for the Great Plains sorghum production primarily to Japan (Zen Koren) and Mexico (Conasupo) during the 1950's and 1960's.
PGC collected grain from Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
It had corporate operations in Lubbock, Fort Worth, Plainview, Corpus Christi, Texas and Colton, California.
Feed mill operations beginning in 1945 served the ranchers and farmers of West Texas, western Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas.
The company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1988. After financial difficulties in the early 1980's, PGC sold to Agri Industries. Link

Wildorado Grain Elevator 1

Wildorado, Texas