Wildorado, TX

Wilderado was founded in about 1900 and is named for nearby Wilderado Creek. It was a camp where travelers could get rest, shoe their horses and repair their equipment.

Route 66 originally went down Main Street Wilderado. When I-40 was built, a 300 foot right of way caused all the businesses on the South side of Route 66 to be relocated. This was a raw deal for those businesses, which included a bank, a couple of service stations and restaurants, a mercantile store and a car dealership.

Wilderodo resident Nancy Jean Binford founded the Girls Rodeo Association in 1948. It now is the Women's Professional Rodeo Association. Nancy promoted the first all girl rodeo in Amarillo, and later promoted all girl rodeos in Colorado Springs and San Angelo, Texas. She is in the Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

If you love the smell of manure in the morning, today's Wilderado is the place for you. There is a 20,000 head cattle feedlot that is smellable for miles in all directions.

Wilderado also has a wind farm with hundreds of windmills. There must be some way to have the windmills blow the aroma out into the plains.