Sulphur Springs, Texas - Southwest Dairy Center and Museum

Address:
1200 W. Houston St., Sulphur Springs, TX [Show Map]
Directions:
I-30 exit 122. Drive north on Hwy 19 to Hwy 11, turn right and drive a half-mile to the Civic Center complex. Look for the big cows.
Admission:
Free.
Hours:
M-F 9-4. (Call to verify)
Phone:
903-439-6455
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Sulphur Springs, Texas - Southwest Dairy Center and Museum, Big cow statues

The Southwest Dairy Center and Museum chronicles milk production techniques and health benefits. Outside there are two 15 ft tall statues of dairy cows -- one a Holstein and the other a Jersy. Great photo op. [Frank Smith, 03/20/2005]

Big cows. Sulphur Springs, Texas - Southwest Dairy Museum - "Buttercup"(Holstein) and "Creampuff" (Jersey)

Sulphur Springs, located in Hopkins County in Northeast Texas, officially, the "Dairy Capitol of Texas" with over 165 Grade "A" Dairy farms, has long been one of the states leading dairy counties. The giant statues of "Buttercup" and "Creampuff" stand guard over the entrance to the Southwest Dairy Center and Museum, an educational facility located in the Civic Center Complex in Sulphur Springs. The Dairy Center is supported by the dairy farm families in Texas and eight other states. In addition to the Southwest Dairy Center in Sulphur Springs, the Center operates 12 "Mobile Dairy Classrooms" comprised of a truck and trailer which hauls a cow and baby calf and milking machine, and are used for educational demonstrations in school districts throughout the supporting states. [Bill Elliott, President, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, 12/21/2002]

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