Amarillo, TX: Yellow Rose of Texas Women's Tri-Blend Tee

Part of Our Route 66 Everytown Collection | Amarillo Edition

Amarillo, Texas: Yellow Rose of Texas

In the Texas Panhandle, Amarillo brings cattle-country roots and larger-than-life landmarks to a Route 66 road trip. Historic Sixth Street preserves an earlier path through the city, where old storefronts keep the Mother Road's character alive.

Catch Amarillo's larger-than-life Route 66 spirit with a soft women's tri-blend tee honoring the Yellow Rose of Texas.

Part of the Route 66 Everytown Collection: one tee for every town that ever called the road home. Start with Amarillo, then collect the entire route.

T-Shirt Details & Features

Next Level 6710 women's tri-blend tee with a slim, feminine fit (see size chart in product image gallery)
50% polyester, 25% combed ring-spun cotton, 25% rayon for a soft, lightweight drape
Crew neck with a tear-away label for comfort
Available in sizes S–2XL
Printed in the USA
Free U.S. shipping on orders of $25 or more, applied automatically!

About Amarillo, Texas: Rails, Roadside Giants and the Mother Road

Founded in 1887 as the railroad crossed the Panhandle, Amarillo grew into a cattle-shipping center. Its name comes from the nearby lake and creek, whose Spanish name means yellow. The Texas State Historical Association suggests that name probably referred to yellow soil along the creek banks or abundant yellow wildflowers.

Route 66 reached Sixth Street in 1926. Today the 13-block Sixth Street Historic District preserves Spanish Revival, Art Deco and Art Moderne buildings and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994. The Texas Historical Commission also documents Amarillo Boulevard among the city's historic Route 66 alignments.

R. J. Lee opened the Big Texan Steak Ranch on Route 66 in 1960. Known for its 72-ounce steak challenge, the restaurant followed the changing highway landscape to a new Interstate 40 facility that opened in 1971.

West of town, Cadillac Ranch brought ten nose-first Cadillacs to the Panhandle landscape in 1974. The Amarillo Museum of Art credits the installation to the Ant Farm art collective. The cars were moved two miles west in 1997 to a new site along Interstate 40 as Amarillo expanded.

Keep exploring the Texas stretch: head east to Conway and Groom or west to Vega and Adrian. Prefer a classic fit? Pick up our unisex Amarillo tee.