WT forms new partnership creating a cultural organization for Texas Panhandle VIDEO: WT forms new partnership creating a cultural organization for Texas Panhandle By Vania Patino | February 8, 2021 at 9:38 PM CST - Updated February 8 at 10:34 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - West Texas A&M is collaborating with the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation and the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum to create a new organization called the Cultural Foundation of the Texas Panhandle. The organization, which has been in the works for over a year, has a goal of preserving the history of the panhandle. The President of WT, Dr. Walter Wendler, came up with the idea, saying he sees the Panhandle as being the foundational roots of Texas.