Spearman Hotel 

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Marker Text: 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 architecture. This was first hotel erected in Hansford. In 1920 building was moved 6 miles east to Spearman, after railroad came into county at this point. ​(1967) 

Marker No: 5005 

Medallion & Plate     Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Bulls bought the Hotel from Don Cates in 1977 and renovated the building and gave it its Texas Historical Marker. The old hotel fell into disrepair and the marker was removed – It is believed that the owners took the marker with them. Later the building was burned in a controlled fire by the Spearman Volunteer Fire Department – cir. 2007. The photo was taken by the High Plains Observer. 

Texas Historic Landmark

Geographic: 36° 12.013′ N, 101° 11.547′ W

Location: 502 South David Street, Spearman