Longhorn Trading Post

The building is still standing but in pretty rough shape. Vernon Bailey ran the Longhorn for a time and a 1989 newspaper article shows him parking his tractor in the middle of the street with the caption saying it creates no traffic jams.

A smaller building on the west side of the Longhorn looks like it may have been a gas station or simply some sort of accessory building. When these photos were snapped in 2015 you could still see the Longhorn name on the trading post.

The wood panels on the west end of the building appear to be a set of sliding garage doors. These must have been added after the Longhorn closed.

During the heyday of Route 66 this was a busy intersection with businesses on all four corners. On the SE corner are a couple of other buildings one of which looks like a cottage style gas station.

On the NW is a bare concrete slab next to an abandoned commercial building of some sort.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

FRIENDLY CAFE - TEXOLA, OK
ON OKLAHOMA - TEXAS STATE LINE -HIGHWAY 66

NOTE: This is an undated postcard with no descriptive text on the back, but it mentions 66 so that tells us something. There is what appears to be a Ford Model T era car in the image.
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Photo(s): 2015, 2019