The Largest Cross in the United States

We have been back home for a while from our 42 day cross country ride and today is Sunday, August 30, 2015. Our assignment for church is to bring any picture having to do with the gospel story of the “Road to Emmaus” Luke 24:13-35 and also to bring a set of 3X5 index cards to give to one of our members who will be leaving for his Camino De Santiago pilgrimage. This pilgrimage is a 500 mile 40 day walk in Spain. It is also known as the “Way of Saint James.” The set of index cards are, 1- a Bible verse or two and 2- the other is a short prayer for him.

One of our members brought in a card with a picture of a very, very enormous cross and his motorcycle in front of it. I immediately recognized the cross. Jim and I saw it on our 2010 motorcycle trip, “One Heck of a Ride” and again on this year’s “2015 California Dreamin’ ride” on Sunday August 2nd.

Earlier on the morning of the 2nd, the manager of the Lexington Inn in Holbrook, Arizona, where we stayed, informed us of the Roscoe Wind Farm which is about 50 X 25 miles and also of the largest cross we will see as we continued towards Amarillo, Texas. We were on the look-out for it and we did see both.

This cross is considered the largest cross in the United States. It is 19 stories high (190 feet tall free standing) and is located on interstate 40 in Groom, Texas. The cross was completed in two shops with more than 100 welders and was erected in July of 1995. They have 10 million visitors a year with about one thousand a day. This information was obtained for “Welcome to the Cross Ministries” crossministries.net.