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Potter County Courthouse Amarillo, Texas |
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 Photo: Robert Deering 4/14/2003 |
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Completed - 1986
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Potter County Courthouse Amarillo, Texas |
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Completed - 1986
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1887 COUNTY NAMED FOR: Robert Potter, legislator, cabinet member, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. COUNTY SEATS: One - Oneida, renamed Amarillo after the nearby lake and creek. COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: The lake and creek had been named by New Mexican traders and pastores, probably for the yellow soil along the creek banks or the yellow wildflowers that were abundant during the spring and summer. COURTHOUSES: Six - 1883, 1904, 1932, 1986. Other dates are unknown. STANDING: Two - 1932 Moderne building made of terr-cotta and concrete, and 1986 Modern courthouse. LINKS: Potter County; Potter County Web Site |
