ABOUT THE SQUARE HOUSE MUSEUM
The historic Square House, built of lumber that was hauled from Dodge City in the 1880's, is just one of 21 buildings, that make up the Square House Museum complex. Case exhibits and full-sized diorama tell the story of the Texas Panhandle and its people, from mammoth hunters 12,000 years ago, through the Indian Wars, cattle ranches, and the coming of the railroad in the 19th century, to the oil boom of the 1920's and the region's part in the space program of today. A wildlife gallery and two art galleries add other dimensions to the history. Accredited three times by the American Association of Museums, the Square House Museum is considered one of the best small museums in the United States.
MUSEUM HISTORY
The Carson County Square House Museum started with the original Square House. Square House is a small house which was built in the late 1880's as the railroad reached to town of Panhandle and as the town was being populated. It was occupied by early settler James C. Paul how was a pioneer banker. Next in line was Judge J.L. Harrison he was a rancher. Next was James B. Wilks how was an innkeeper. Last one was the Sheriff Oscar L. Thorp. The house was moved to its site at 5th and Elsie Streets in Panhandle, TX. After much needed restoration became the nucleus of the present Square House Museum complex with its multiple buildings. 1967 the museum was opened. In 1966 it was awarded a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark plaque. It was entered in the National Register in 1973. The museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. This gem of the Texas Panhandle houses historical artifacts, art, and a Texana library. Traveling and in-house art exhibits are hung in the two art galleries.
Over 10,000 indoor and outdoor artifacts are on display. Sculpture is on display, as is art by local indigenous tribes. Other structures and exhibits include a train caboose, a windmill, a barn, a dugout shelter and art galleries, all focused on local history and current events
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John the mall
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a butterfly collection
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moody exhibit hall dedicated to those
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who will build the future in memory of
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those who built in the past donated to
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the square house museum by the Moody
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foundation of Galveston 1971
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red tail hawk in mature bring that
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pheasant male lesser prairie chicken
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female broadwing ha in mature raccoon
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lesser prairie chicken female Bobcat
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western diamondback rattlesnake red tail
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hawk great blue heron great blue heron
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in mature redhead male long-billed
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curlew wood duck male American veteran
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redwing blackbird male
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American crow American Robin western
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diamondback rattlesnake hornet's nest
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family Swensons hawk in mature box
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turtle shell
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snow goose blue phase snow goose white
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phase beaver American black duck female
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mallard female mallard male northern
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shoveler male greater yellowlegs king
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rail eastern fox squirrel American krez
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old male blue jay red-bellied woodpecker
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female cedar waxwing American badger
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northern bobwhite ringneck pheasant male
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greater Roadrunner common long-nosed
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armadillo ruffled grouse domestic turkey
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male scale spotted skunk eastern
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cottontail
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porcupine barred owl great horned owl
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Virginia possum barnaul skulled whale
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the planes first toolmaker panhandle
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Pueblo dweller 880 the 1380 Flint from
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al Bates original foundation stones and
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materials from 1100 ad Pueblo site on
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the Canadian River excavated 1971 Indian
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certified by OT baker university of
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texas
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gray fox pronghorn male
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a butterfly collection and tons of
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beetles
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