In 1906, the Santa Fe railroad was built south from Canyon, passing two miles west of the Happy Station. The promoters laid out a section of land into town lots and named the town "Happy".

The first local business established was the Plains Lumber and Grain Company. Stockholders were J. O. Brandenbaugh, president of the Kansas City Board of Trade; L. F. Cobb, employee of Baggarl Milling Company of Odessa and Slater, Missouri; and J. M. Baggarly of Odessa, Missouri. Lumber for the new business was freighted from Canyon. The firm later established branches at Tulia, Kress, Plainview and Lubbock; however, headquarters remained at Happy.

During the early days of Happy, the town section was under lease to J. M. McNaughton, cousin of the Currie children, who grazed 400 cattle on the 640 acres of native grass. Beleiving that they had priority to the section since they

were there first, the cattle had little respect for the first Happy settlers. They made themselves at home, not only in the yards but in the houses if by chance a door was left open. Even the mighty Santa Fe locomotives often found it necessary to come to a complete halt while the engineer disembarked to give Bossy a verbal invitation to remove herself from the tracks after she had ignored the train whistle.

Pioneers and children of pioneers have been joined by newcomers through the years. Most of the older families of the community came from the Midwest.

When the Currie home was built in 1891, it reportedly was the only home between Canyon and Tulia. The home was also the post office as well as a stage coach stop. The first telephone exchange was installed in the Currie home. Dave Currie, a son, was the postmaster as well as "central" for the telephone exchange. Mail was