Street light memorials, art make Seagraves, Texas worth a stop

You have to go of the highway that runs along the edge of Seagraves, Texas, and go int the town to see what you see in the pictures on this page. Take the time, though, because it is fun.
Seagraves what, you ask? Seagraves, Texas, a town between Seminole and Brownfield, or, perhaps, for better reference, probably 65 miles south Lubbock, Texas.
The economy depends on a blend of oil and agriculture, and, if you want to know what famous person was born there, it'd have to be Quannah Parker, the famous half-breed Comanche Indian who was the scourge of the Texas plains in the 1880s.
But, back to why you need to go into the town.
First of all take a look on both sides of the main street, and you will see rows of street lamps. Not unusual? No, a lot of towns have street lamps. The difference in Seagraves, Texas, however, is that every single one of the is a memorial to some person or family in the town. Yes sir and Yes mam, there is a small brass plate on the base of each one of the street lamps in Seagraves, Texas, that has the name of the family or person to which it is dedicated. Cool way to pay for street lamps, huh?
Lit up at night they look nice and soft, too.
Then there is the "art" of Seagraves. It is not nearly as noticeable as it was a few years ago. In fact, when I was there just a few weeks ago I could only find a few of what used to be a lot of pictures on the sides of buildings about anywhere you'd look.
There were two types of pictures painted by artists with very different talents. One painted traditional, though nice, landscapes on the sides of buildings: mountains, lakes etc. You had to drive around to find them.
More obvious were the sort of cartoon characters painted on buildings all over the town, too.
You used to be able to see a really good one as you came into town fro the south going north. It depicted a feed store with characters sitting in different poses on a porch and in a big door. All the characters were different, and each one had an interesting look on its face.
Then go through the town and turn a corner, and you'd see what looked like the open doors of a garage, and a car, usually an old model, sitting inside. It was go good that you couldn't say the car looked real, but seeing it did make you stop and look. What fun.
In the photos on this page you will only see a couple of the scenes that I could still find in my most recent visit. One, obviously the scene of a jail, looks newly and brightly painted. It is on the side of the police station in the town. Yet, it does not have quite the same style as the original artist.
I only found one of his. It is the one of the people waiting for the bus. You can see it above. I tried to brighten it, but it still does not have the vibe and strength it did as when it was pained.
On, one other note: the downtown street is filled with store fronts on both sides. Yet, almost none of them are open or used as stores. The only thing open the last time I was there was a pizza shop.
So, the street lights are like a memorial to the whole town.
Oh, I also include what looks like is to be a museum for the town. It includes, as you can see, an old Santa Fe Railroad station. Though, I'm not sure the Santa Fe ran through Seagraves.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I do. And, I encourage you, if you ever get to Seagraves, take the time to drive around. You will find it fun.