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Speed was born in [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]] in Tom Green County in west [[Texas]], where as a youth he concentrated on riding and roping and hence showed little evidence of his later passion for art.<ref name=mlg>{{cite web|url=http://www.meadowlarkgallery.com/SpeedUGrant.htm|title=Meadowlark Gallery: Ulysses Grant Speed|publisher=meadowlarkgallery|accessdate=January 17, 2020}}</ref> Throughout high school and for several years afterwards, Speed spent summers as a [[cowboy]] on his Uncle Boone's ranch (also the namesake of his only son, Boone Speed] (born 1965). He worked on other ranches, including the 4 Sixes and the King Ranch, and became an accomplished horse breaker.  He competed in rodeo in the bareback and bull riding events, until he sustained a leg injury.<ref name=mlg/><ref name=askart>{{cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/askart/s/grant_speed/grant_speed.aspx|title=Grant Speed (1930-2011)|publisher=askart.com|accessdate=January 17, 2020}}</ref>​

Speed was born in [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]] in Tom Green County in west [[Texas]], where as a youth he concentrated on riding and roping and hence showed little evidence of his later passion for art.<ref name=mlg>{{cite web|url=http://www.meadowlarkgallery.com/SpeedUGrant.htm|title=Meadowlark Gallery: Ulysses Grant Speed|publisher=meadowlarkgallery|accessdate=January 17, 2020}}</ref> Throughout high school and for several years afterwards, Speed spent summers as a [[cowboy]] on his Uncle Boone's ranch (also the namesake of his only son, Boone Speed] (born 1965). He worked on other ranches, including the 4 Sixes and the King Ranch, and became an accomplished horse breaker.  He competed in rodeo in the bareback and bull riding events, until he sustained a leg injury.<ref name=mlg/><ref name=askart>{{cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/askart/s/grant_speed/grant_speed.aspx|title=Grant Speed (1930-2011)|publisher=askart.com|accessdate=January 17, 2020}}</ref>​

 

In 1948, Speed began a two-year stint in the newly organized [[United States Air Force]] serving as an airplane mechanic during the [[Korean War]]. <ref name=mlg/>Thereafter, hespent three years completing  a [[Spanish]]-speaking mission for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. While attending the Mormon institution, [[Brigham Young University]], in Provo, Utah, he met and married in 1958 at the Salt Lake Temple the former Sue Collins (born 1937).  They had two daughters, Peggy Sue (born 1959) and Samantha (born 1973) and the middle child, their son, Boone (born 1965). In 1959, Speed received his Bachelor of Science degree in animal science from BYU.​<ref name=askart/>

In 1948, Speed began a two-year stint in the newly organized [[United States Air Force]] serving as an airplane mechanic during the [[Korean War]]. <ref name=mlg/>Thereafter, hespent three years completing  a [[Spanish]]-speaking mission for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. While attending the Mormon institution, [[Brigham Young University]], in Provo, Utah, he met and married in 1958 at the Salt Lake Temple the former Sue Collins (born 1937).  They had two daughters, Peggy Sue (born 1959) and Samantha (born 1973) and the middle child, their son, Boone (born 1965). In 1959, Speed received his Bachelor of Science degree in animal science from BYU.​<ref name=askart/>

 

Before he became a full-time artist, Speed supported his family as an elementary school teacher in [[Salt Lake City]] but residing in Provo.<ref name=mlg/> "Having come from [[conservative]] West Texas, I really wanted to be the world's best cowboy. Yet every time I got a chance to be around any kind of western art, I couldn't stop reading about it, looking at it, and studying it", Speed said.<ref name=speed>{{cite web|url=http://www.beauchampwesternart.com/BeauchampWesternArt/Grant_Speed.html|title=Grant Speed|publisher=beauchampwesternart.com|accessdate=June 25, 2011}}</ref>​

Before he became a full-time artist, Speed supported his family as an elementary school teacher in [[Salt Lake City]] but residing in Provo.<ref name=mlg/> "Having come from [[conservative]] West Texas, I really wanted to be the world's best cowboy. Yet every time I got a chance to be around any kind of western art, I couldn't stop reading about it, looking at it, and studying it", Speed said.<ref name=speed>{{cite web|url=http://www.beauchampwesternart.com/BeauchampWesternArt/Grant_Speed.html|title=Grant Speed|publisher=beauchampwesternart.com|accessdate=June 25, 2011}}</ref>​

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