Chief Drive-In

Texas 285 Loop and Texas 133 Spur,
Quanah, TX 79252

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“Chief” was spelled out across the back of the screen and was situated on a long empty highway intersection on the edge of Quanah, at the intersection of Texas 133 Spur and Texas 285 Loop. The Chief Drive-In was opened on April 13, 1952 with Ruth Roman in “Tomorrow Is Another Day”. It was still open in 1970.

Contributed by Billy Smith / Don Lewis

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Don Lewis
Don Lewis on January 5, 2008 at 2:53 pm

Photograph of the CHEIF DRIVE-IN…Quanah, Texas

www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2168846219

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 5, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Here is another photo, from exithere.net:
http://tinyurl.com/2s5tzh

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on October 13, 2010 at 12:10 am

There apparently was once another drive-in in Quanah; this page about Quanah’s history has a picture of a ruined drive-in screen:
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jwmovies
jwmovies on September 19, 2012 at 11:50 am

Approx. location for this drive-in was Texas 285 Loop & Texas 133 Spur.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 18, 2020 at 8:03 am

Billboard, July 19, 1952: “Earl Worley has announced the opening of the new Chief Drive-In at Quanah, Tex., It is the first outdoor theater in that area.”

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