Edithcolea Grandis has a Spectacular Flower
I had seen a picture of this plant’s flower and knew I wanted one. So when I learned that friend and fellow cactus-lover Woody Minnich in Edgewood, New Mexico, had them for sale in his Cactus Data Plants greenhouse, I jumped at the chance to get one. I ordered it in...
It’s Muleshoe’s Turn Again on the KCBD Community Coverage Tour
In 2012 and 2015 Muleshoe was graced with being one of the five towns on the KCBD Community Coverage Tour. The pandemic put a temporary stop to the tour, but this year the folks at the television station were at it again, and Muleshoe was one of their stops. We were...
The Big Square Historical Marker
Twelve miles east of Lazbuddie at the intersection of Highway 145 and FM 503/504 just past where Parmer County gives way to Castro County, a community called Big Square thrived, for a time, on land that used to be part of the XIT Ranch. Big Square is now gone,...
Muleshoe had a Happy, Busy Fourth of July Celebration
Muleshoe, like most of the United States, I suspect, celebrated July 4th on July 3rd because the holiday fell on a Sunday this year. Not a problem; certainly not in Muleshoe, because we had a big, happy crowd out for the festivities all day and lots of...
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