Established in 1881, Cisco developed as a marketing and distribution center for the large cattle and agricultural area. The economy was stimulated by the discovery of the Ranger oil pool in 1917. Cisco continues as a center for oil and gas production, along with diversified agriculture and manufacturing. It is the home of Cisco Junior College.
There are several sites around the Cisco where excellent fossil hunting can be found.
Bought by Conrad Hilton in 1919 when that was the only way he could get a place to sleep, hotel became first in Hilton chain. Hilton saw a financial opportunity in providing rooms to oil field workers;
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Famed XIT was world's largest ranch under fence in 1880s, three million acres! The State of Texas, far richer in land than ca...
General history exhibits of the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles; railroad depot, old store, pioneer home from Ochiltree, covere...
Exhibits depicting Hutchinson County area from time of Coronado to boom-town days....
Located in one of the original buildings built by C.W. Post in 1911, this museum rotates exhibits throughout the year. During...
Standing tall above the flat prairie is a cross 190 feet tall which can be seen for almost 20 miles. The arms of the cross ar...