XIT Drive-In
US-385 and Co. Road 310,
Littlefield,
TX
79339
US-385 and Co. Road 310,
Littlefield,
TX
79339
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A closer address is US-385 & Co Rd 310, Littlefield, TX.
The property sat just to the south of the intersection on the east side of US-385. Today, it is private property, but you can still make out the remnants of the ramps in the back.
Billboard, Sept. 13, 1952: “Bill Chester has announced the opening of the XIT Drive-In at Littlefield, Tex. The theater bears the name of a well-known cattle brand in that area.”
From 1988 a photo of the XIT’s name and entrance sign which at one time housed the marquee.
….it contained all or part of ten (X) counties – JBH
XIT stands for “Ten In Texas” – that’s how large the XIT ranch was! JBH
After a little digging, I found out that XIT was the name of an enormous ranch near the town.
Any ideas what XIT stands for? An acronym for Exit?
Yes, that was the XIT. I saw many movies there. JBH
Around 300 feet South of CR310 on Hwy 385 was a drive in. Older images on GE provides a clearer view. Was located East of the Hwy.
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There were two drive-ins in LFD. The first was the LFD, one tenth of a mile west of town. It had an open-air sound system. The second was the XIT, two tenths of a mile south of LFD on the Levelland Highway. I have photos and info on the seven theaters in LFD, TX.
Must have been.
I have a L.F.D. Drive-in and Littlefield Drive-in in my Almanac 1956. no XIT Drive-in. Must be a name change.
The only Drive-In listed in Littlefield on the Drive-Ins.com I have lists an L f d Drive-In. There is an X I T Drive-In in Muleshoe, the next major town North of Littlefield.
Could this have been the place, out West of town near the airport?
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My photograph of the XIT Drive In
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