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During the height of Carson County's oil boom in the 1920s, major oil field supply houses were headquartered in Panhandle, and lodging was in great demand. In 1926, Clark B. Downs and Margaret Downs opened the Downs Hotel to help meet this need. It was renamed the Texan Hotel when the property was conveyed to J. H. Paul in 1932. Later owners converted the Texan Hotel to apartments but continued to make a few rooms available for guests after World War II. By the early 21st century, the Texan was the only hotel built in Panhandle during the oil boom years that remained in operation.
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