WOULD YOU BELIEVE....
WOULD YOU BELIEVE.... ....that Charles Lindbergh landed his Atlantic Flyer just south of Spearman
in September of 1934 on his way to New York? Needing fuel, Lindbergh wanted to
avoid attracting the large crowd that would surely gather at the nearby Amarillo
airport. While on his brief stop, Lindbergh did stay long enough for Spearman
school children to go out and meet him.
....that the first telephone in Hansford County used barbed wire?
....that from 1951 to 1963, the Wagon Wheel Theater in Spearman was listed as
the first ever drive-in, fly-in theater anywhere since a plane could land on the
owner's private runway and then taxi a short distance to the theater?
....that Hansford County may be responsible for Lyndon Johnson becoming
President of the United States? Hansford County did not hold a second Senatorial
primary in 1948, because they thought their favorite, Coke Stevenson, would
surely win. As it turns out, Johnson won that primary by just 87 votes which
launched him into his Senatorial career.
....that Krista Kirkland, one of the most important players on the Texas Tech
Women's NCAA 1992-1993 national championship basketball team, graduated from
Spearman High School?
....that a Spearman resident had his pick-up stolen only to have the thief
drive it directly to the Sheriff's office when he returned from his excursion?
His punishment was to wash and wax the vehicle.
....that Rex Linn, used to watch westerns at the Lyric Theater in Spearman
and now has appeared in over a dozen Hollywood movies including a major roll in
"Cliffhanger" with Sylvester Stallone?
....that there have been only six murders in Hansford county, where Spearman
is located, in 50 years?
....that J.B. Buchanan of Spearman, TX has the second largest windmill
collection in the U.S. and it is located just 14 miles from Spearman? (Except
for one windmill which is on display at the Smithsonian Institute.)
....that Adobe Walls, located 20 miles southeast of Spearman is the location
of one of the last battles between the Indians and the whites ?
....that Spearman is the home base of the only exotic animal satellite
auction in the world?
....that Charlotte Ford Trunks does business internationally in restoring, refurbishing, and decorating antique trunks? Charlotte has exported trunks as far away as Canada and regularly ships parts, books, and instructional videos to countries such as France, Germany, Iceland, Switzerland, Sweden, and Australia.
This company also supplies trunk parts to the Barnum and Bailey Circus, movie
studios, and the U.S. armed forces. Because of the specialized nature of the
service they provide, one of Charlotte Ford Trunks' catalogs is on file at the
Smithsonian Institute. Their instructional video placed third in the 1995
Select Video Association Awards, beating out several professional video
production companies.
.....that two Spearman residents, Joel Lee and Jeff Lackey, are members of
the Military Vehicle Preservation Association and won first place in the 1995
National Convention in the one-half ton Motor Pool Ready Division. This father
and son team owns sixteen military vehicles dating from 1940 to 1968 which
originally saw service in the U. S. military from Norway to Saudi Arabia. The
winning vehicle was a 1941 command car and is one of twelve vehicles which the
Lackeys have fully restored to parade ready condition.
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