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Big Spring, Texas
Big Spring, Texas

Big Spring

Texas, United States
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Big Spring, city, seat (1882) of Howard county, western Texas, U.S., at the foot of the Caprock Escarpment, 111 miles (179 km) west-southwest of Abilene. It was named for the “big spring” in nearby Sulphur Draw, a frontier watering place and an area that was disputed between Comanche and Shawnee peoples. White settlement, based on cattle and homesteading, developed after the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railway in May 1881, and Big Spring became...

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