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Castro County, Texas in 1936 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers. |
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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 . .
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![]() A skyscraper of the plains, the Dimmitt Wheat Growers elevator in Dimmitt Texas in the 1950s |
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![]() Cars lined the street in downtown Dimmitt Texas near Manning's Department Store in 1954 |
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![]() 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 |
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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. |
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![]() 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 |
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![]() Sand drifts from the dust bowl almost completely swallowed this hog pen in Castro County in 1936.
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Books about Castro County People and Places | |||||||
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