Big Spring is a city in and the

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of Howard County,

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, United States, at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 87 and

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. The population was 26,144 at the 2020 census. Big Spring was established as the county seat of Howard County in 1882; it is the largest community in the county. The city took its name from the single, large spring that issued into a small gorge between the base of Scenic Mountain and a neighboring hill in the southwestern part of the city limits. Although the name is sometimes still mistakenly pluralized, it is officially singular. "To the native or established residents who may wince at the plural in Big Spring, it should be explained that until about 1916, when for some unexplained reason the name dropped the final 's', the official name of the town was indeed Big Springs."

History

The area had long been a popular watering hole for Native American residents and nomads, including members of the more recently established Jumano,

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, and

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tribes. The first European to view the site was probably a member of a Spanish expedition exploring the

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from

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. During the 1840s and 1850s, Big Spring was often where Comanches assembled and organized themselves before departing on large-scale raids into northern Mexico during the Comanche-Mexico Wars. Captain Randolph B. Marcy's expedition in 1849 was the first United States expedition to explore and map the area. Marcy marked the spring as a campsite on the

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. The site began to collect inhabitants, and by the late 1870s, a settlement had sprung up to support buffalo hunters who frequented the area. The original settlement consisted largely of hide huts and saloons.

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quickly became a major industry in the area; early ranchers included F.G. Oxsheer, C.C. Slaughter, and B.F. Wolcott. One notable early rancher was

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Joseph Heneage Finch, the Seventh Earl of Aylesford. Finch purchased of ranchland in the area in 1883, and is credited with building Big Spring's first permanent structure, a butcher shop. The completion of the

Texas and Pacific Railroad The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California. However its lines never went we ...

led to the founding in the early 1880s of Abilene, Colorado City, and Big Spring, three railroading and ranching cities where saloons and gambling dens flourished. More important in the city's history was the discovery of oil in the region during the 1920s. The early discoveries in the area marked the beginning of the oil industry in the Permian Basin area of West Texas, and the oil industry has continued to be a dominant part of the area's economy. The oil industry in Big Spring reached its peak during the oil boom of the 1950s. Another major part of Big Spring's economy and life during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s was

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. It initially opened during World War II as the Big Spring Bombardier School. Following the war, it was converted to a US Air Force training base and was named for James Webb, a Big Spring native who died in action during World War II. Webb Air Force Base was active until 1977, when the base facilities were deeded to the city. Big Spring was featured in the 1969 film ''

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'', which starred

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and

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, and received the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1969. The opening scenes featuring Voight, then a relatively unknown actor, playing the character Joe Buck, were filmed in Big Spring and the neighboring city of Stanton. In 1980, Hollywood returned to Big Spring with the filming of '' Hangar 18'', a low-budget science-fiction movie about a space shuttle's collision with an alien spacecraft and the ensuing government cover-up. Several local residents were used as on-screen extras. In 1999, a New York energy company erected the first tower for one of North America's largest wind turbines for that time at Big Spring. Th
FAI
World Hang Gliding Championship was hosted by Big Spring in August 2007.

Origin of the name "Big Spring"

The area's "big spring", long dry but recently modified to draw water from Comanche Trail Lake, was of major importance to all life in the surrounding area. In the early 1840s, it was the center of a territorial dispute between

and

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tribes, and has been a major watering hole for wildlife and prehistoric people in this semiarid area.Brune, G. 1981. ''Springs of Texas''. Vol. I, Fort Worth: Branch Smith, p. 235 Early military scouting reports and pioneer accounts describe the water as cold, clear, and dependable; the spring pool was about deep, with the overflow going only a short distance down the draw before it sank beneath the surface. The spring has mistakenly been described in other writings as being located in Sulphur Draw. It is actually located to the south, near the top of a small, rugged, unnamed draw running eastwards from the spring, and is itself a tributary to Beal's Creek, the name given to Sulphur Draw as it flows into, through, and past the city of Big Spring. Long used by regional inhabitants, both permanent and nomadic, with a large number of locally collected artifacts testifying to its heavy occupation, the spring sat astride the several branches of the later-developed Comanche War Trail as they converged on this important water hole from beyond Texas, coming south across the Northern Plains and the

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. From the Big Spring, the war trail continued south via three branches, one to the southeast through the western part of the Concho country; one going almost due south, heading for Castle Gap and Horsehead Crossing on the

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; and one heading west to Willow Springs in the sand country southwest of present Midland, before turning south down the Pecos, all headed ultimately for

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. As whites began to settle the western territories, the spring continued to serve as a major watering place on the southern route of the Gold Rush Trail of the early 1850s and continued in use well beyond that time, as the cross-continental trail turned into a major road for later pioneers coming into the area. The spring was sourced from a relatively small

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situated on the northern end of the

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and the southern end of the High Plains, being, structurally, a collecting sink of lower

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(Fredericksburg) limestones and sands. The spring aquifer held a large quantity of water due to the great number of fractures, solution channels, and interstices in the rocks and underlying sands, although the areal extent of the Big Spring sink is estimated to be only in diameter, with the main area only wide and almost circular, with some ellipticity trending towards the west. The Cretaceous beds subsided about below their normal position, centered on the southeast quarter of Section 12, Block 33 T1S; T&P RR Co survey, and the entire stratum appears to be preserved within the sink, the surface topography roughly following the subsurface subsidence. This writing identifies the sink as one of a number of similar subsurface geologic features in the surrounding area, differing from the Big Spring sink only in the fact that the surface topography above the others, while showing some decline, does not dip low enough to intersect the top of the water tables; hence, no springs could form from the other aquifers. In a passing comment, enigmatic in its content and disappointing in its brevity, the report states no other comparable deep sinks formed elsewhere on the Edwards Plateau. The same publication suggests the spring's discharge volume was in excess of per day at the time of the railroad's arrival in the area in the late 1880s. The water was heavily mined by wells built by both the railroad and the early town of Big Spring, greatly in excess of its modest recharge rate, until the water table first dropped below the level of the spring outlet, and finally, was completely depleted by the mid-1920s. The city now artificially fills the spring from its current source of water as a means of allowing residents and visitors to maintain some idea of how it appeared in times past.

Geography

Big Spring is located slightly south of the center of Howard County in the valley of Beals Creek, an eastward-flowing tributary of the

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. Interstate 20 runs through the northern side of the city, with access from exits 174 through 182. I-20 leads east to Abilene and west to Midland. U.S. Route 87 (Gregg Street) until recently ran through the center of Big Spring, leading north to Lubbock and southeast to San Angelo. A bypass to the west of the city now carries US 87, while the old route is now Business US 87. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water.

Climate

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, there were 26,144 people, 8,320 households, and 5,333 families residing in the city. The

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was . There were 9,965 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 64.6%

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, 6.1%

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, 1.2% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0.1%

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, 11.9% from some other races and 14.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 53.0% of the population. 21.3% of residents were under the age of 18, 6.1% were under 5 years of age, and 11.3% were 65 and older.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 27,282 people, 8,267 households, and _ families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 9,640 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 69.7%

, 7.8%

, 0.9% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.0%

, 18.4% from some other races and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 43.1% of the population.

Arts and culture

Big Spring is the site of several major hang-gliding championship tournaments, including the U.S. Hang Gliding Nationals. The city was also the site for the filming of parts of ''Midnight Cowboy'' and ''Hangar 18''.

Points of interest

* Settles Hotel * Big Spring Municipal Auditorium (a 1,400-seat, city-owned facility, which is home to the Big Spring Symphony and center for local and traveling performances) * Howard County Courthouse * Heritage Museum of Big Spring (a 13,000 square foot museum featuring exhibits of local history and interest) * Potton–Hayden House * Hangar 25 Air Museum (a museum, housed in a fully restored World War II-era hangar, which promotes education through the collection, preservation, and exhibition of the history of the Big Spring Army Air Force Bombardier School and

) * Big Spring Vietnam Memorial * Big Spring State Park * Comanche Trail Park (a 400-acre city park that features the historic "big spring", a 6,900-seat limestone amphitheater, an 18-hole golf course, tennis courts, baseball fields, playgrounds, and pavilions, as well as hike, bike and nature trails) * Moss Creek Lake (a 400-acre recreational area offering a beach swimming area, paintball course, dirt-bike course, and a playground, as well as an RV park with full hook-ups and 26 sheltered campsites) * Signal Peak (also called Signal Mountain, a landmark 10 miles southeast of Big Spring near Moss Creek Lake, used by Native Americans and early Anglo settlers) * George H. O'Brien, Jr. VA Medical Center (primary facility for the West Texas VA Health Care System, which serves veterans in 33 counties across 53,000 sq mi of West Texas and eastern New Mexico) * Dorothy Garrett Coliseum * Panther Creek Wind Farm * Delek US Refinery (formerly Alon USA) * McMahon-Wrinkle Industrial Airpark (formerly

)

Government

Following the 2011 redistricting, Howard County is represented in the

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by the District 72 Republican Drew Darby of San Angelo.

Education

* Big Spring Independent School District * Howard College * Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf

Media

* ''Big Spring Herald'' * KBST/KBTS Radio * KBYG-AM Radio * KWDC (FM) Radio (and translators) * KBXJ (FM) Radio from neighboring Lamesa, Texas * KTPR (FM) Public Radio licensed nearby Stanton, Texas

Infrastructure

Scenic Mountain Medical Center Big Spring Texas May 2014

Services and facilities

The

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operates the Big Spring District Parole Office in the city. The Texas Department of State Health Services operates a 200-bed psychiatric hospital, opened in 1939. The hospital has reduced its number of beds over the years, but remains one of the largest employers in Big Spring. The

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operates the Big Spring Post Office. The

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(BOP) operates the Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring in Big Spring. The nearby Big Spring Correctional Center is privately operated (

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) on behalf of the BOP. The Colorado River Municipal Water District operates a

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treatment plant in Big Spring, the first of its kind in Texas, the product of which is then delivered to the potable water treatment plants of Big Spring, Stanton, Midland, and

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Organizations

* Big Spring Economic Development Corporation * Big Spring Area Chamber of Commerce * Big Spring Convention and Visitors Bureau * Big Spring Symphony Orchestra and Chorus * Downtown Revitalization Association * Keep Big Spring Beautiful

Major roads and highways

U.S. Highway 87 * Texas 176

State Highway 176 * Texas 350

State Highway 350 * Texas FM 669

Farm to Market Road 669 * Texas FM 700

Farm to Market Road 700

Notable people

* Larry Arnhart, a writer and scholar, graduated from Big Spring High School in 1967. *

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is a Tony Award-winning theater, film, and television actress and singer. * Carl Bunch was the drummer for

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during the "Winter Dance Party" tour in 1959 in which Holly died (

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), and later for Hank Williams Jr. and

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. * Putt Choate was a

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(NFL) player for the

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. * Mike Christie; was an

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player for the

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, Cleveland Barons,

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and

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, conductor * Tim Dunn, billionaire businessman and conservative political activist *

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is the current head coach of the

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team. * Bob Flowers was an American football center who won an NFL Championship with the Green Bay Packers. * Tony Franklin, professional football player * Bubba Franks, former NFL

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for the Green Bay Packers, was born in

, but was raised and played

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in Big Spring. *

Lefty Frizzell William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country and honky-tonk singer-songwriter. Frizell is known as one of the most influential country music vocal stylists of all time. He has been cited as in ...

, American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer who led the house band for a local nightclub "Ace of Clubs" in the early 1950s * Cynthia Fierro Harvey, United Methodist Church bishop * Jeane Porter Hester, oncologist and co-developer of IBM 2997, the computerized blood cell separator * Charley Johnson, NFL quarterback for the

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, and

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* Dave O'Brien, Western actor * J. J. Pickle, Democratic

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from the 10th congressional district of

from 1963 to 1995 * Stephan Pyles, creator of New Texas cuisine and a founding father of ''haute'' Southwestern cuisine * J. T. Smith, professional football player * Tom Sorley, president/CEO of Rosendin Electric * Ryan Tannehill, quarterback for the

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* Jesse Whittenton, NFL player for the

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and Green Bay Packers, was a member of the 1961 and 1962 NFL-champion Packers. * Ronna Reeves, an American country music singer, was nominated by the

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in 1992 for Top New Female Vocalist.

Sister cities

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* San Miguel el Alto,

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(2010)

References

External links

City of Big Spring – Official Website

Photos of West Texas and the Llano Estacado
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