Howdy Ya'll!

I would like to share with you about the town I grew up in.  Spearman, Texas.  Spearman is located right in the top middle of  the panhandle of Texas.  There are no major roads that go there, so if you go through Spearman, you probably were lost!   Or maybe someone special lived there you were going to see!

I moved to Spearman when I was 2 and stayed until I graduated High School.  We were the proud Spearman Lynx!  When I was growing up, the town was booming because there was gas fields there.  A whopping 3500 people!!!!!  There were a total of about 350 in our high school, and I graduated with the largest class ever of 96 students!!  Note:  44 of us started kindergarten together!!!  Lots of "brothers and sisters!"

Spearman is very flat.  Some days you can see for 30 miles.  There is farming and ranching, and at one time Hansford County was the second richest county in Texas because of natural gas.  Since the boom times ended, there are about 2500 people there now.

I love the farming community.  I remember watching the grain in the field blow in the wind (which blows EVERY day), and it truly gives meaning to the "Amber Fields of grain" we sing about in the National Anthem.  There is a quiet beauty about it. 

A man from our town had collected windmills of all types on his farm.  Recently the town people got together and brought them to town and placed them in a park.  It is really neat!  

Hope you will visit my home town, Spearman, Texas at www.spearman.org  

DD Ellis

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More Sunny Greetings from California, D D!

..the crime rate is so low it is not even a topic for discussion. 
...children can SAFELY play outside or walk downtown for a soda. 
... there is only one traffic signal in town.

...you can drive to work in five minutes or less. 
...the keys to your potential are more important than the keys to your house. [What a great line!]
...you can participate in your children's school activities during your lunch or coffee break.