Wellington is a small town of 1,900 people (2020) in the southeastern High Plains of Texas. It provides a glimpse of early 20th-century, small-town Texas flavor and is a pleasant place to visit if you're traveling across the Panhandle of northern Texas.
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The first time Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie Park and Clyde Barrow) made The New York Times newspaper was their incident at the Prichard farm. Bonnie is referenced as a "woman companion", and the perpetrators are Clyde Barrow and his brother whose name is given as Icy. With the location as "Wellington, Texas", the story tells of them wrecking their car, terrorizing a family and shooting the daughter-in-law (but actually their daughter), kidnapping two law enforcement officers and taking them in their car near Erick, Oklahoma, where the two kidnapped men were tied to a tree with barbed wire cut from a fence. They freed themselves and alerted local law enforcement, but the trail had gone cold.
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- Ozark Trail Marker. One of only 7 remaining obelisks which marked the only cross-country auto route until Route 66 was built in the 1920s.
- Ritz Theatre Inc, 902 East Ave, ☏ +1 806-447-0090. This restored 1928 movie theater shows first-run and classic films.
- 1 Collingsworth County Museum, 824 East Ave, ☏ +1 806-447-5327. Tu-F 11AM - 4PM, closed Sa-M. Myriad photos and memorabilia from the town's past. Small collection, friendly staff.
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[edit]- Cherokee Restaurant, 1105 Houston St, ☏ +1 806-447-1201.
- Dairy Queen, 1010 Houston St, ☏ +1 806-447-2755.
- Itza Italian Pizza & Restaurant, Highway 83, ☏ +1 806-447-5320.
- My-T Burger, 1411 West Ave, ☏ +1 806-447-5175.
- Roberson Restaurant, 16231 FM 338, ☏ +1 806-447-2951.
Drink
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[edit]- Cherokee Inn Motel, 1105 Houston St, ☏ +1 806-447-2508.
- Country Inn, 3907 US Highway 83, ☏ +1 806-447-0531.
Go next
[edit]| Routes through Wellington |
| Liberal ← Shamrock ← | N  S
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→ Childress → Abilene |
Ends at NW  SE ← Hedley ←
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W  E
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→ becomes  → Mangum → Norman
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