POST
General.. The population is 3,822 and the altitude is 2,590
Seat of Garza County, named for C.W. Post, cereal manufacturer who founded the town in 1907 to demonstrate his economic ideas. Town designed to be the center of a community of farmers who owned their own land and homes in region of giant ranches. All supplies were first brought in by mule train from nearest railroad, Big Spring, some 70 miles away. Between 12910 and 1913, the city was the scene of perhaps the most elaborate series of experiments in rainmaking ever undertaken in the U.S Explosives were detonated in the atmosphere at timed intervals. Unfortunately, rainfall records do not indicate success. Post is at the foot of majestic Cap Rock, southeastern edge of the Great Plains of the U.S.
Historic Main Street lined with unique gift and clothing stores, restored historic buildings. Details about city attractions at local chamber of commerce, 106 South Broadway Street.
Post lies on U.S. 84, a segment of the Ports to Plains Highway connecting the state’s heartland to coastal ports.
ALGERITA ART CENTER
- Features local and area artists works in the restored Algerita Hotel. 129 East Main.
CITY-COUNTY PARK
- Small lake for fishing, swimming pool, walking trail and picnic areas. At the south edge of city on U.S. 84.
FORT JUSTICE
- Buffalo burgers and steaks are the restaurant’s specialties; buffalo curios, tanned hides, and Western art gallery. In Justiceburg, 13 miles south on U.S. 84.
GARZA COUNTY MUSEUM
- Features ranch, cowboy, and pioneer household items, Indian artifacts, room settings, period furnishings, typical frontier chapel interior. 119 North Avenue North.
GARZA THEATRE
- One of the first movie theaters in West Texas, opened in 1920 featuring silent films; 1929 adapted to sound; closed in 1957. In 1986 renovated and reopened, housing a live theater company. 226 E. Main, Post, Texas 79356.
LLANO ESTACADO TOURIST MARKER
- Stretching across the horizon as a range of flat-topped “mountains” is the Cap Rock escarpment, eastern boundary of the vast Llano Estacado or “Staked Plains,” Marker provides details; on U.S. 84 between Post and Justiceburg.
SCENIC DRIVE
- F.M. 669 south toward Gail reaches edge of Texas High Plains called the Llano Estacado, which are southernmost extension of Great )Plains of the U.S. In immensity beyond comprehension the Great Plains sweep north more than 1,600 miles, thrusting deep into Canada through the heartland of America that produces nation’s abundance of grain, meat and fiber. highway descends the abrupt edge where plains end, traveling through panoramas of steep cliffs and colorful canyons.