Groom Cross News

From the Fredricksburg Free-Lance Star

BY DONNIE JOHNSTON

GROOM, Texas--A biker exits Interstate 40 and wheels his Harley-Davidson down the dusty road to what is billed as the largest cross in the Western Hemisphere.

"I never stop for anything but I had to stop for this," says the man, who is on his way to Georgia from Albuquerque, N.M.

He begins to get dizzy as he looks up at the 190-foot structure, which sits on 10 donated acres between I-40 and this little Texas Panhandle cow town of 450.

"This is awesome," the biker continues, shaking his head with amazement.

He calls someone on his cell phone and describes the sight before him.

Several yards away a woman sits and prays, the 19-story-high cross before her and a replica of Calvary at her back.

This place is truly one that evokes a religious experience from almost everyone who visits.

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