Region: Panhandle Plains
The seat of Garza County was named for C.W. Post, the cereal manufacturer who
founded the town in 1907 to demonstrate his economic ideas. The town was
designed to be the center of a community of farmers who owned their own land and
homes in region of giant ranches. All supplies were first brought in by mule
train from nearest railhead, Big Spring, about 70 miles away. Between 1910–13,
the city was the scene of perhaps the most elaborate series of experiments in
rainmaking ever undertaken in the U.S. Explosives were detonated in the
atmosphere at timed intervals. Unfortunately, rainfall records do not indicate
success.
Post lies on the edge of the Caprock escarpment of the Llano Estacado, the
southeastern edge of the Great Plains of the U.S. and at the crossroads of U.S.
84 and U.S. 380.
Post is designated as a Texas Main Street City by the Texas Historical
Commission and continues in the program as a Sustaining City. Historic Main
Street is lined with gift and clothing stores in restored historic buildings.
Centennial Plaza, on the Garza County Courthouse lawn, honors veterans and
special citizens who helped make C.W. Post's dream a reality. Garza Theater is
one of the first movie theaters in West Texas featuring silent films. It opened
in 1920 and closed in 1957. It was renovated and reopened in
1986.