O'Donnell

The typical agricultural community on the table-flat South Plains of the Texas Panhandle was established in 1908 as a stop on the Panhandle & Santa Fe Railroad, and named for a railroad official.

O’Donnell is the hometown of the late Dan Blocker, “Hoss Cartwright” of the classic TV western “Bonanza.” The star is remembered with a statue in the downtown park across from the museum.

The road is the experience.

Getting there is often the point, not just the outcome.

O’Donnell Museum

Housed in two-story 1925 bank building that remains in original condition. Exhibits include old telephone system, organ, bedroom furniture, kitchen equipment, blacksmith shop, schoolroom, post office, law and doctor offices,…

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