Look Who's Talking about Texas History Davick Services recommends the Facebook Group "West Texas History & Memories" for history, famous people, old photos, stories, unclaimed estates and genealogy of the Western Half of Texas . . . Check it out and join the conversation |
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Life in Lubbock County Texas 1850 - 1950 | |||||
Bound for Lubbock in 1938 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"
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Resources: Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon) Vintage Texas Photos (eBay) Amazing People from Texas County by County |
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Lubbock County Treasures (eBay) |
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Lubbock County Estates with Unclaimed Money
These Deceased Residents of Lubbock, Idalou, Wolfforth, Slaton, Shallowater and New Deal Texas Left a total $660,639 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Know the Heirs? Let them know See the full list |
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