This is the offical Spinach capital of the world. The town is also devoted to Popeye. While there is not as many locations devoted to the sailor as the first two, the sailor's face is every where and there is a ton of popeye locations! The annual spinach festival is the best!
The first annual spinach festival took place in 1936 and the Spinach Festival maintains an office in downtown Crystal City. The Spinach Festival was resumed in 1982 after being suspended during world war II---The World of Texas
A statue of Popeye was erected with the blessing of the sailorman’s creator E.C Segar. It ranks high in the pantheon of less-than-serious statues in Texas. Today the pipe-smoking sailor stands in front of city hall – sharing the same banishment of other tobacco users (unfortunatly)--The World of Texas
New Location of statue
Old location:
More Popeye destinations:
Popeye Lake
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