Panhandle, TX, United States
Old County Bookmobile, First "Inside Service" Bookmobile in Texas. In use 1938-1957. Based at the county library on this site. A bright red, visible for miles, this first bookmobile in Texas was called "The Library Bus." It stopped at ranches, schools, oil camps; circulated 2,000 books a month; serv
ed in era of sparse settlement, World War II growth and later industrialization. There were private and rental libraries in early Texas; the Republic had a National Library, but most county libraries
Listen to the audio guide for Black plaque № 16527 Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off