A vintage postcard from Primetime Paper Peddler in Georgia displays an artist’s rendering of the watermelon statue that stood outside the Parker County Courthouse in Weatherford with the words: “World’s Greatest Watermelon Center.” (Courtesy Primetime Paper Peddler)
Before Peaches, Watermelons Ruled in Parker County
Texas Highways, July 2023
Parker County has been designated the official Peach Capital of Texas since 1991. But neither visitors nor many locals may be aware that long before Parker County was the peach capital, it was the “World’s Best Watermelon Center.”