So I was on my way to the next county, but as fate would have it, I had to pass through this one to get there. I don't particularly like having to cover the same ground more than once, but the roads were not my friend in this case. No matter. Might as well stop … Continue reading 135. Pampa, Gray County →

Add another notch to the "looks like a high school" stick. Pretty light on monuments, too. Just the Ten Commandments over to the left, and a plaque about the county to the right. And rain. Not pouring, but constant and recurring enough that I was pretty annoyed by this point. So with not much to … Continue reading 134. Stinnett, Hutchinson County →

"Justice, equity, and peace administered alike to all people" indeed. Quite a few interesting bits of relief on this one made it pretty nice to the eye, which is something I don't see all that often on courthouses unless they're columns or some such. That plinth in the foreground is a monument to the McKee … Continue reading 133. Dumas, Moore County →

This was another one of those tiny little courthouses that seemed as if it had been ordered out the the Sears Catalog about a hundred years ago and assembled on site. Of course, county concerns and creature comforts had been catered to over the years, but it was still a little, generic building with neither … Continue reading 132. Channing, Hartley County →

At this point, I had reached the farthest extent of my journey. I was in the most northwest county in Texas. Everything from this point on would inch me (or mile me as the case may be) closer to home. I would also take this opportunity to mention that I found this courthouse to be … Continue reading 131. Dalhart, Dallam County →

Sherman County is named after Sidney Sherman, a New Yorker who, while living in Cincinnati, heard of the struggle for Texas Independence from Mexico, recruited a unit of 50 men, and fought for the Texan cause, serving at the Battle of San Jacinto. Sherman County was named for him, as was Sherman, the county seat … Continue reading 130. Stratford, Sherman County →

Three days ago was the one year anniversary of finding my first cache (or as those in the lifestyle call it, my geoversary). That in and of itself is worthy of note, but I said nothing because a) I already had an entry for that day and b) I was saving it for this. As … Continue reading We Interrupt Our Current Narrative… →

The first thing I noticed looking around at things... Is that a bullet hole? And, if not, what the heck happened here? That said, today was the day before Memorial Day. I would see people placing flags and flowers for the next couple of days. A lot of men and not a small number of … Continue reading 129. Spearman, Hansford County →

If I had to pick two words to describe my trip to the Panhandle, they would be "standing" and "water". It would not stop raining on and off. In small spurts, it was annoying, but over and over was more than enough to leave pools everywhere. And, of course, that means it was muggy as … Continue reading 128. Perryton, Ochiltree County →

Paint Rock, you have more competition! Forty-four people. Forty-four. That is the population of Lipscomb. Do they even have the courthouse open every day with that few people? They must since they'd have to administer to the county's needs, but how do so few people live here then? I'm always a bit leery of seeing … Continue reading 127. Lipscomb, Lipscomb County →