West Texas A&M University (WTAMU or WT) is a public university in Canyon, Texas.It is the northernmost campus of the Texas A&M University System and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).It was established on September 20, 1910, as West Texas State Normal College as one of the seven state-funded teachers' colleges in Texas.

Emily D. West (c.1815–1891), also known as Emily Morgan, is a folk heroine whose legendary activities during the Texas Revolution have come to be identified with the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas".. Biography. West was a free woman of color, of mixed race, or a "high yellow".She was born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1835 she was contracted to James Morgan in New York to …