Spur’s railroad origins honored in 2025 commemorative mug
ONLY A FEW STILL AVAILABLE
SPUR COMMEMORATIVE COFFEE MUG The Texas Spur newspaper’s2025 holiday commemorative mug honors“The First Train to Spur, Nov. 1, 1909.” Only a few of the limitededition mug are still available at the newspaper office or via mail-order, for $15 (sales tax included; shipping additional). A handful of previous years’ mugs, such as the Vicki Glass Diggs design for The Palace Theater, are also still in stock. | TEXAS SPUR PHOTO
Spur, Texas, was founded in 1909, when E.P. Swenson and partners bought the Spur Ranch, subdivided it, and brought the Burlington Railroad through.
The Stamford and Northwestern Railway, part of the la…