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In the early 1800’s Comanche, Kiowa, Apache and .Lipan Indians inhabited the area. Mitchell County was organized January 10, 1881 and the town of Colorado City was designated as the county seat. The T&P Railroad built their line to Colorado City making it West Texas’ first boom town. The first train arrived in 1881. The first building was erected in 1880 by A.W. Dunn. The Rev. O.F. Rogers preached the town’s first sermon in January 1881, in a saloon, with the bar and its accessories covered with wagon sheets. In the 1890’s Col. Isaac Ellwood and J.F. Glidden, inventors of barbed wire, arrived. Ellwood later purchased the Renderbrook Ranch near Colorado City and established the “Spade” brand. Statistics cannot begin to tell the story of Colorado City, known as the “Mother City of West Texas. SCAN Colorado City Chamber of Commerce, TO VISIT 157 West 2nd Street, 325-728-3403 ccitychamber@gmail.com COLORADO
Museums Heart of West Texas Museum.................. 325-728-8285
CITY, TEXAS!
Hotels & Motels:
340 E. 3rd, 325-728-8285, open Tues-Fri 12 American Inn.......................... 325-728-5217 5 p.m. or by appointment. Best Western Plus................. 325-728-2638 Heritage House..................... 325-728-8285 Extended Stay Studio 6..... 325-500-0012 425 Chestnut, Tours available through the La Quinta................................. 325-307-5504 Heart of West Texas Museum Motel 6..................................... 325-728-4100 Colorado City Relax Inn................................... 325-728-5742 Opera House...................... 325-728-5331 Super 8..................................... 325-728-9470 337 Walnut, Established in 1899, one of the 25 oldest operational live music and entertainment Lodging venues in the state of Texas and the second Lake Colorado City oldest in West Texas State Park........................... 325-728-3931 4582 FM 2836
Lakes
Lake Colorado City State Park........................... 325-728-3931
RV Parks
Lake Champion Fisher Park - City.............. 325-242-2093 South 208
Gas-N-Grub............................. 325-728-3622 Lake Colorado City State Park........................... 325-728-3931 Lone Wolf Creek RV Village............................ 325-728-9310
Golf Courses
Medical Facilities
4582 FM 2836
Wolf Creek Golf Links (9)...................... 325-728-5541
TMCN Visitors Guide
Mitchell County Hospital District.................................. 325-728-3431
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