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Lamesa's Sky-Vue Drive-In Theater, established in 1948, became a well-known regional fixture. It has been closed since a kitchen fire destroyed the snack bar on November 27, 2015. Known for its "Chihuahua sandwich", conceived by owners R. A. "Skeet" Noret and his wife, Sarah, [16] the Sky-Vue was one of only 14 remaining drive-in theaters in
The Lamesa Farm Workers Community Historic District in Los Ybanez in Dawson County, Texas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is a 50 acres (20 ha) historic district which included 32 contributing buildings .
The Regency Suspension Bridge near Goldthwaite which Bob Phillips crosses in the introduction to his Texas Country Reporter television series. Texas Country Reporter is a weekly syndicated television program hosted by J.B. Sauceda, which airs in all twenty-two Texas media markets, generally on weekends, and nationally on the satellite/cable channel RFD-TV. [1]
Walser was born in Brownfield, Texas and raised in Lamesa. [2] A roots musician since he was 11 years old, Walser became an accomplished guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. . He started his first band, The Panhandle Playboys, at age 16, and shared bills with another aspiring Texas singer, Buddy Hol
[1] [2] The county seat is Lamesa. [3] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1905. [4] It is named for Nicholas Mosby Dawson, [5] a soldier of the Texas Revolution. Dawson County comprises the Lamesa, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), and it is, by population, the smallest Micropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.
From 17 February 1947 to 11 September 1947, the airfield served as Lamesa Municipal Airport, until replaced by the current Lamesa Municipal Airport (8 miles south). Originally, two hangars, three barracks capable of housing 160 students, a medical clinic, mess hall, recreation room, and administrative building, which also served as a control ...
FM 179 was first designated on June 11, 1945 along a county road in Dawson County from Lamesa north 5.0 miles (8.0 km). On September 29, 1948, another section of FM 179 from SH 137 at Welch southeast 7.8 miles (12.6 km) to 1 mile north of Grandview school was created, creating a gap.
Arvana is located at the junction of U.S. Highway 87 and Farm to Market Road 2411 on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 5 mi (8.0 km) northeast of Lamesa in north-central Dawson County. [ 2 ] Education