Longhorn Drive-In

2980 US Highway-82 W,
New Boston, TX 75570

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 10, 2024 at 10:06 pm

I’ve moved my remarks and notes to the new “Red River Drive-In” page here. Since I noticed a second drive-in on the Texas side in the 1960 topo map, my guess is that 7th Street drive-in was named Red River, leaving the New Boston Road drive-in’s name still unknown to me. Maybe it was the Joy, explaining this weird note:

Boxoffice, June 3, 1963: “Joy’s Theatres closed the Joy Drive-In, Texarkana, and reopened the Red River Drive-In, rechristened the Joy”

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on April 9, 2024 at 7:27 pm

That’s what I was thinking too. Judging by the photo of its unique marquee, it may’ve been a short-lived drive-in.

  • Speaking of drive-ins Kenmore, I need you along with MichaelKilgore to identify the name of the drive-in theater in Texarkana (TX) that was right next to the Oaklawn Cinema on New Boston Road. I recently spotted it while adding the BrightStar Theaters to the list, and I found it from several topos. I cannot find the name of it anywhere, even CinemaTour does not have the drive-in listed.
Kenmore
Kenmore on April 9, 2024 at 5:12 pm

CinemaTour.com may be confusing the Longhorn with the Starlite Drive-In, which was on US HWY-82 West.

As with 50sSnipes, I see no evidence of a drive-in on TX-8, north of HWY 30 in the 1970 or 1984 aerials.

If I had to guess, the 1984 aerial shows the Tex Inn on TX-8, just north of HWY 30 on the east side. The parking area looks mighty big given the size of the hotel. But that is just a guess.