Bill Anderson always felt uncomfortable with the annual end-of-the-season party for the “Texas” cast and crew. He said he went out of his way to make it known the party was a private one, and not sanctioned by the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation, the governing board of the production.
Anderson, the former executive director of the foundation, went so far as to not allow maps to be printed on any of the copiers in the offices. The party traditionally is held at Coldwater Ranch, approximately 100 miles north of Amarillo in Sherman County.