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Life in Castro County Tx in 1936

Castro County, Texas in 1936 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers.

In 1946 Warren Lemons dove into a shallow creek near Hart Texas and broke his neck. He was put in the body cast and the heat was 'killing' him! The only relief he could get was reversing the Electrolux vacuum and used it for months to keep himself cool. When the vacuum company learned of his clever use of their machine, they featured him in their magazine . . . read more and see full size
 

A skyscraper of the plains, the Dimmitt Wheat Growers elevator in Dimmitt Texas in the 1950s

Cars lined the street in downtown Dimmitt Texas near Manning's Department Store in 1954

From 1884 to 1890 James W Carter and his family were the only settlers in Castro County. Their nearest neighbors were at the Springlake and Escarbada divisions of the XIT Ranch. This photo is from the bunkhouse at Escarbada

Group of 37 schoolchildren of various ages and two adults in Dimmitt that made up the first public school in Castro County Texas in 1891.
Some of those pictured are named and a handwritten number identifies them...

This 1890s threshing team in Castro County Texas used 15 men, 3 horse-drawn wagons and a steam powered tractor to get the job done

Sand drifts from the dust bowl almost completely swallowed this hog pen in Castro County in 1936.