Top 10 True Western Towns of 2013

#4 Canyon, Texas Settlers began arriving in what was then called Canyon City (named after nearby Palo Duro Canyon) in the Texas Panhandle in 1887. Two years later, the fast-growing community was selected as the seat of Randall County. When the Pecos and Northern Railroad arrived in 1898, Canyon City earned its prominence as a cattle-shipping railhead. West Texas State Normal College (now West Texas A&M University) opened in 1910. A decade later, the school helped form the Panhandle-Plains H