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Life in Winkler County Texas 1850 - 1950 | |||||
Downtown Wink Texas in 1926![]() In 1926 this huge photograph was produced for a promotional postcard touting Wink Texas as The Worlds Fastest Growing Oil Town and stated that six months earlier this was a pasture. At its roaring peak, Wink boasted more money, more gamblers, and more honky-tonks than any other small town in the West. Robberies, gun-fights, and murders were common. But as the workers’ wives came to Wink, the camp gradually became a town of more than 15,000. Some solid buildings went up along Hendricks Boulevard. Six churches were established. The Wink school district, with money pouring in from oil-company taxes, built a handsome school. |
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Resources: Early Life in Texas County by County Books about Texas People and Places Amazing People from Texas County by County Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon) Vintage Texas Photos (eBay) |
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Life in Winkler County 1850 - 1960 | |||||
Books about Winkler County | |||||
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