We pioneered the innovative, extremely precise form of proton therapy known as pencil beam scanning, and our center is part of MD Anderson Cancer Center, which has been ranked one of the nationâs top two hospitals for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report every year since 1990.
Aprox Population: 620. The community of St. Claude is so proud of its French roots that area residents have been celebrating Franceâs Bastille Day (July 14) for more than a century. You may well wonder a massive pipe graces the town entrance.
During the 1930s several neighboring rural schools were consolidated with the Claude district. For years Claude had the only official-size gymnasium in the area, and the West Texas State College (now West Texas A&M University) basketball team used it on numerous occasions. In 1930 Claude had a population of 1,041. By 1940 its population had fallen to 761. In 1953 a new county jail was constructed out of the stones from the old one. The proximity of Claude to Amarillo and the nearby Pantex Ordnance Plant (see PANTEX, TEXAS) has enabled it to maintain a stable population.