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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RD8_hansford-county_Spearman-TX.html
Formed from Young and Bexar territories Created, August 21, 1876 Organized, March 11, 1889 Named in honor of John M. Hansford came to Texas in 1837 Member of the Texas Congress Judge of the Seventh Judicial District, 1840-1842 Died …
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Founded 1917; incorporated 1921. Named for Thomas C. Spearman, a vice-president and head of the Land Department of the Santa Fe Railway. The Santa Fe line was completed to Spearman in 1920, making this the first railroad shipping point in the coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RCO_robert-e-bob-martin_Spearman-TX.html
Killed while assisting United States marshal making arrest in boundary line dispute in the northwestern part of county. Like many frontier sheriffs, he was a cowboy and farmer, chosen for office out of regard for his standing as a good citizen. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RCN_spearman-hotel_Spearman-TX.html
Built 1909, by Bert O. Cator, J. H. Wright and S. B. Hale, Hansford County pioneers. Cator had built first dugout in the Panhandle, 1873; Hale was first druggist in Old Hansford; Wright promoted town of Hansford, now abandoned. Victorian architect…
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This frame commercial building with decorative sheet metal siding was constructed in 1918. D. E. Dillow built the structure for the mercantile partnership of P. M. Maize and his brother-in-law Fred Brandt (d. 1962). Originally, located in the near…
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Spearman was platted in May 1917 and incorporated in 1921, surviving disastrous fires to become the largest city in the county. A brick school, hospital, and several commercial buildings were built by 1927, and the city council that year made plan…
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At ten minutes before 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 24, 1934, a small monocoupe airplane landed in a pasture about 1/4 mile west of this site. The pilot taxied his craft to a stop near a windmill, deplaned, and asked the curious resident, "Lady,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RCJ_santa-fe-railroad-stationmasters-house_Spearman-TX.html
When Spearman was founded on a branch of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1920, this cottage was built for the stationmaster. As local agent for the railroad, he represented a business vital to the economy of this area. He supervised passenger and freight…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RCF_site-of-hansford-county-courthouse_Spearman-TX.html
This court house was located one fourth mile northwest of here and built in 1891. It was made of red brick brought overland in wagons from Dodge City, Kansas. It was the first court house in the county. Hansford County Surveyed in 1876 and or…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RCE_hansford-cemetery_Spearman-TX.html
First burial ground set aside in this county. Earliest grave (1890) was that of Mrs. Alfie P. Magee, wife of the first sheriff. Also, buried here: the Cator brothers, founders of Zulu Stockade; and the Wright brothers, early ranchers. Only offic…
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