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EST. 1905 · STILL UP

TX K

ONE STREET.
TWO STATES.
ZERO CHILL.

The only city cool enough to live in two states at once. One foot in Texas, one in Arkansas, all of it Texarkana.

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TWO STATES ♣ONE COMMUNITY♣HOME OF RAGTIME♣STATE LINE AVE♣ACE OF CLUBS♣TXK FOREVER♣

// the line

A border runs down the middle of town. We made it the flex.

TEXAS

BOWIE COUNTY

STATE LINE AVE

ARKANSAS

MILLER COUNTY

Most cities would call a state line down Main Street a headache. Here the post office sits in both states at once, and you can stand on the floor with a foot in each. We don't pick sides. The whole thing's Texarkana.

// the backdrop

Downtown's the canvas.

A century of brick and marquee lights on State Line Avenue. Real shots of the real place, duotoned to match the energy.

State Line Avenue, downtown Texarkana, with the city name set into the sidewalk — STATE LINE AVENUEMichael Barera · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Perot Theatre, a 1924 landmark in downtown Texarkana — PEROT THEATREMichael Barera · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Ace of Clubs House, a Victorian mansion shaped like a club from a deck of cards — ACE OF CLUBS HOUSEMichael Barera · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

// receipts

Stuff that's actually ours.

01 · HOUSE

Built on a poker hand

The Ace of Clubs House is shaped like a club from a deck of cards, paid for with a single winning hand. A whole mansion, off one bet.

02 · SOUND

Ragtime started here

Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, came up in Texarkana. The sound that ran the whole country started on these blocks.

03 · FLEX

One foot in each state

Photographer's Island: stand on the line at the federal post office and be in Texas and Arkansas at the same time. Best photo in town.

04 · STAGE

The marquee's still lit

The Perot Theatre has been throwing the lights on downtown for a century, and still books a stage worth showing up for.

// the walls

The murals are the message.

Downtown Texarkana is a working gallery. The paint on these walls belongs to the artists who put it there, and we shout them out by name.

Mural of gold foil balloon letters spelling TEXARKANA on a downtown wall — TEXARKANA BALLOONS
mural by Jes W. (@magic_hat_muralist)

Scott Joplin Father of Ragtime mural, his portrait framed by ragtime sheet music, downtown Texarkana — SCOTT JOPLIN: FATHER OF RAGTIME
mural by Arthur Pletcher · downtown Texarkana

Bold geometric TXK mural in bright rainbow colors on a downtown Texarkana wall — TXK
geometric mural · downtown Texarkana

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The Chamber's held it down since 1905, two states, one community. It's a partnership of the people who build this place, and there's room on the table for you.

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