Holcomb is a surprisingly large town not too far from Garden City. It has elementary, middle, and high schools, some small businesses, lots of housing, a cute little park and swimming pool, and many culs-de-sac.
On the fence in front of the elementary school, there's a sign with the message, “Show your HORNS,” which refers both to the school mascot (a longhorn) and to a character program focusing on:
Honest
Own It
Respect
Nice
Safe
It's a pretty good list of character qualities, even though some list elements are adjectives and others are verbs (or maybe nouns).
A community festival was going on in the park when we were there, which suggests that it's a fairly tight-knit little town.
Oh, and also, Holcomb is famous for being the site of the murders that inspired Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Two interesting facts about that book:
- Capote's childhood friend Harper Lee (of To Kill a Mockingbird fame) came with him to help warm the townsfolk up to his questioning.
- We go to Sunday school with some distant relatives of the Clutters who were killed here.
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