On Main Street at Hancock Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
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 nearby . . . — — Map (db m93462) HM
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 plans . . . — — Map (db m93463) HM
On State Highway 15/207, 0.7 miles east of Farm to Market Road 2018, on the right when traveling east.
This road was surveyed during the Civil War to haul military supplies to Ft. Bascom, N. Mex. Territory. Then came the buffalo hunters using the trail going to Dodge City hauling hides and buying supplies. Tascosa became a town in the early 1880's. . . . — — Map (db m93408) HM
On State Highway 15/207, 0.1 miles west of Farm to Market Road 19, on the right when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m93445) HM
On Northwest Court Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Northwest Court Street.
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, . . . — — Map (db m169535) HM
On State Highway 207, 0.3 miles south of County Route 24, on the right when traveling south.
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, . . . — — Map (db m93446) HM
On Northwest Court Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Northwest Court Street.
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. . . . — — Map (db m93460) HM
On South Townsend Street at West First Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Townsend Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m93447) HM
On State Highway 15/207, 0.1 miles west of Farm to Market Road 19, on the right when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m93444) HM
On Southwest Court Street at South Bernice Street, on the right when traveling south on Southwest Court Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m93459) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m93461) HM
