True Stories of Amazing People and Places in Texas

This family with seven children from Arkansas were on their way to Lubbock in 1938 looking for a better life. The father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Eldest son was a tenant farmer. They stopped to fix a flat in Oklahoma when photographer Dorothea Lang took this photo. The son told the photographer, "We're bound for Lubbock Texas. We're not going back to Arkansas; believe I can better myself"

West Texas History & Memories

Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon)

Vintage Texas Photos (eBay)

Amazing People from Texas County by County

Early Life in Texas County by County

Books about Texas People and Places

Lubbock County Treasures (eBay)

Books about Lubbock County People and Places

These Deceased Residents of Lubbock, Idalou, Wolfforth, Slaton, Shallowater and New Deal Texas Left a total $660,639 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs.

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