Muleshoe, Texas Muleshoe, Texas The National Mule Memorial at the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce office The National Mule Memorial at the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce office Location of Muleshoe in Texas Location of Muleshoe in Texas Muleshoe is a town/city in Bailey County, Texas, United States.
The town of Muleshoe was established in 1913 when the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway assembled an 88-mile (142 km) line from Farwell, Texas to Lubbock through northern Bailey County.
The Muleshoe Heritage Center positioned off the combined U.S.
The Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge is positioned some twenty miles (32 km) to the south on State Highway 214.
In 1877, Black purchased three homes on a 40,000 acres (160 km2) in Stephens County, naming it Muleshoe Ranch.
Later he assembled a large ranch home and a log schoolhouse, and established a small cemetery for family members. Muleshoe Ranch was supposedly titled after the owner found a mule shoe in the soil.
On April 23, 1906, the Gulf, Santa Fe and Northwestern Railway Company and the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway Company consolidated and were chartered to construct a stockyards between Lubbock, Texas and Farwell, Texas on the New Mexico border.
From 1901 to 1915, communities along the future stockyards contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to construction. Muleshoe was established in 1913 when the Pecos and Northern Texas Railway laid rails athwart northern Bailey county; inhabitants borrowed the name from the close-by Muleshoe Ranch. Soon after the barns passed through Muleshoe, the town period rapidly.
In 1917 Muleshoe became the governmental center of county after the county was organized, but it was not incorporated until 1926.
Muleshoe continued to expanded quickly, and by 1930 there were 800 inhabitants in the town.
Three decades later Muleshoe tripled in populace to 3,871.
In 1970 Muleshoe reached its pinnacle at over 5,000 residents, 200 businesses, two hospitals, two banks, a library, a newspaper, and a airways broadcast.
During the 1970s and 1980s the populace stagnated, and by the 1990s Muleshoe's populace began to decrease.
His small hooves allowed him to scale rocky areas. The Mule Memorial was first displayed on July 4, 1965 near the intersection of US 70/84. Muleshoe is the home of the world's biggest mule shoe found at the Muleshoe Heritage Center.
Muleshoe is positioned at 34 13 40 N 102 43 46 W. with an altitude of 3,793 ft (1,156 m) above sea level.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km2), all of it land.
Muleshoe lies on the extreme of the Central Standard Time Zone, just 17 miles (27 km) east of the Mountain Standard Time Zone.
Muleshoe is situated on he Great Plains in an region where the plains reach their highest altitude at the foot of the Rocky Mountains known as the High Plains; more specifically it is positioned on the South Plains in a region known as the Llano Estacado.
Muleshoe lies over the biggest aquifer in the United States, the Ogallala Aquifer.
About 20 miles (32 km) south of Muleshoe there is a fitness of sink lakes found at the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.
Muleshoe is in an region considered part of the semi-arid steppe climate zone that extends from areas of central Mexico to southern Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada.
Muleshoe experiences steady, and sometimes intense, winds from the north and west in the Fall and Winter and winds from the south or west in the Spring and Summer.
Climate data for Muleshoe, Texas In the foreground is Muleshoe City Park.
In 2008 cost of living index in Muleshoe was 73.3 as compared to the U.S.
In May 2010, Muleshoe opened a water park inside the New City Park at 1611 West Avenue D.
Muleshoe is served by the Muleshoe Independent School District.
Muleshoe High School (Grades 9 12) Over the past several years the Muleshoe Independent School District has period all of its campuses to accommodate the burgeoning population of school aged children.The Muleshoe High School squads are known as "The Mules"; the school colors are black and white.
The Muleshoe Mules won the Division 1 2 - A football State Champions for the 2008 09 football season.
The town is the home of the annual Tour de Muleshoe bicycle ride, a small-town competition which features 100 - K, 40-mile (64 km), and 10-mile (16 km) bike tours every year.
Muleshoe is home to the world's biggest mule shoe, measuring 22 feet wide and 17 feet wide.
Allan Weisbecker, writer, Surfer, lived briefly in Muleshoe amid the late 1990s.
Williamson, pundit and a native of the Texas Panhandle, often uses Muleshoe as a metaphor for American culture in his columns. Texas Historical Commission marker, Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, 1985 City of Muleshoe.
"Muleshoe, TX," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed November 8, 2013.
Texas Historical Commission marker, National Mule Memorial "Muleshoe, Texas".
"Average Weather for Muleshoe, Texas".
"Alyssa Dizon, "Muleshoe opens a new water park", May 29, 2010".
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