Stationmaster's House Museum

10/14/2026

The Stationmaster's House Museum held their regular meeting on Tuesday October 12 in the Annex Building.

The board welcomed new member Jaci Burgin Albregts.

The board has been actively working on the museum creating a paid position with regular museum hours for several months and finalized the details in yesterday's meeting.

Dr. Mike Ralston has served on the museum board as Chairman for several years and recently retired from SISD from his teaching position leaving him available to keep consistent hours at the museum.

New museum hours are as follows:
Monday 9-12
Tuesday 1-4
Thursday 9-12
Friday 1-4
Every other Saturday 10-2
By appointment @ 214-460-0442

The museum is also available to host your meetings at a cost of $100

30 Townsend
Spearman Texas

10/06/2026

Ruben on the Road visited the Stationmaster's House Museum Tuesday October 6. Stay tuned for the story!

09/22/2026

Join us this Saturday, September 26 from 10-2.

09/18/2026

In addition to the Viola McNabb painting of 1905, there is also a painting by Lucile Fletcher dated 1909 when Lucile was 13 years old. (Private Collection)

Spearman and Gruver were yet to be.

Is it possible that 100 years ago these young artists knew each other? Were friends? Painted together? They were only 4 years apart!

If you have any information or comments please leave them!

What an exciting possibility for the Hansford County art scene!

09/18/2026

Viola Craig McNabb was born in Texas in 1900 and died in Spearman in 1996. A family-history collection at the Augusta County Historical Society traces the McNabb line to her.

She is identified as an artist associated with Spearman, Texas.

Her documented painting Untitled [Roses], dated 1915, is an oil on wood panel and is in the collection of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. The museum's acquisition record credits a gift from Walter Craig, Doris Louise Buckner Davidson, and William Craig Davidson.

McNabb is also included in the recent exhibition “The West in Her Hands,” which highlights women artists of the American West.

The 1915 date is particularly interesting: Viola was born in 1900, she would have been 15 years old when she painted Roses and Contentment. That makes the work especially significant as an early example of her artistic development.

Viola McNabb Whitson was the 1987 Pioneer Queen for Spearman’s 1987 Roundup.

09/06/2026

08/11/2026

Happy first day of school! 🍎📚

New year. New teachers. New teams. New band season. And that unmistakable first-day feeling.

We dug into the museum collection for a few reminders of school days past including old uniforms and pennants, a yearbook and class roster, a 1927 report card…and a teacher’s contract for a whopping $100 a month. 😳

Here’s to a great new school year for students, teachers, coaches, staff and families across Hansford County.

Now show us YOUR first day!

Dig out those old first-day-of-school pictures and drop them in the comments. We wanna see that big hair, those shiny new shoes, backpacks, awkward smiles and all. Tell us the year if you remember it!

08/07/2026

WE’VE GOT SPIRIT, YES WE DO! 📣🐾

It’s Meet the Lynx tonight, so we went digging through the museum collection for a little old-school Lynx spirit.

We’ve got the Spearman side covered, but this is Hansford County, and we know Gruver has some spirit - and our Pringle-Morse Cougars do, too!

We’ve got spirit, yes we do! We’ve got spirit… how ’bout YOU?

Gruver Greyhounds and Pringle-Morse Cougars: show us what you’ve got!

Drop a photo of your old letter jacket, uniform, cheer gear or school memorabilia in the comments, or send it our way so we can share it this month.

06/25/2026

Wouldn’t be summer without a visit from OLoughlin Kids Camp!!

Fan favorites still the train and the plane is added this year.

Photo by Denise Lewton

05/27/2026

The Quanah Parker Arrow Monument Stone Arrives To Complete The Exhibit

March 18, 2015 the Quanah Parker Arrow was installed by the Spearman Chamber of Commerce with Director Tex Kopke (photo by Gary Ellsworth)

May 27, 2026, the Stationmaster's House Museum completes the exhibit with the Arrow Sculpture.

Everyone is delighted with this glorious rain, but the marker will have to be permanently set in the near future.

Read more about the Quanah Parker Arrow Trail https://www.quanahparkertrail.com/Quanah_Parker_Trail/Arrow_List.html