Why Stop In Bailey County???

Muleshoe, the only incorporated city in Bailey County, was once a part of the famed XIT Ranch. In the early 1900s, the Muleshoe Ranch was established, grew to more than 150,000 acres, and reached into four counties. Cattle and farming are still the two biggest industries, and now more than 14 dairies have moved into the 15-mile trade area.
In 1918 Bailey County was organized as an independent county; the existing courthouse was built in 1925. The county was named for Peter J. Bailey who died at the Alamo.
Bailey County is the home of Texas’ oldest National Wildlife Refuge, founded in 1935 and located 20 miles south of town on Highway 214. The area serves as a wintering spot for more than 150,000 sandhill cranes, and a colony of prairie dogs lives along the entrance road.
The Muleshoe Heritage Center consists of six historic buildings: Santa Fe Depot, Janes Ranch House, Figure 4 Ranch House, Virginia City Hotel, Muleshoe Ranch Cookhouse & Bunkhouse, and a log cabin built sometime around 1870. Also located on the complex is the “World’s Largest Muleshoe.”
But still, the most popular photo site in town is the National Mule Memorial, known to the locals as “Old Pete.” This fiberglass Mule has made it all the way to Washington, D.C., for the presidential inaugural parade in 2001 and the Black Tie & Boots inaugural ball.
Wagon and mule teams can still be seen during the Mule Days Parade held in September of each year, hosting a mule rodeo, mule races, mule patty bingo, mule shoe pitching contest, and other mule-related activities.
Muleshoe may be a small town, but it has a BIG heart!
County Judge Sherri Harrison