Life in Floyd County Tx 1850 to 1950

Floyd County, Texas 1905 to 1964 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks, family albums and newspapers in Alcino (ghost town), Barwise, Cedar Hill, Dougherty, Edgin (ghost town), Fairmont, Floydada, Gray Mule (ghost town), Lockney and South Plains

Wheat Harvest in Floyd County 1946

1946 on the Harper farm near Floydada in Floyd County Texas

In 1920 a family in Floydada Texas posed for this huge crystal-clear image and turned it into a postcard

In 1912 two precious children posed for this photo in Floydada Texas

Rare photo of the First State Bank in Floydada Texas in 1908

In 1880 a young pioneer couple identified only as the Shelton's posed for a photo at the Wilson Studio in Floydada Texas

Very nice photo of Jewell Harper beside her rose bush in Lockney Texas in 1914

Boy Bathing In a Bucket

The boy taking a bath in a bucket in 1952 was born in Plainview in 1950, He grew up in Lockney and Floydada. As a grown man he founded and operated Horizon Mfg in Lubbock and later worked as a private investigator for 13 years. After retiring he concentrated on his love of history and became the administrator of the Face book Group West Texas History & Memories

Incredible photo of men, horses and machines threshing wheat on a farm near Floydada Texas in 1910

Very clear composite of Lockney High School Senior Class with readable names

From the youngest to the oldest, these were the children attending school in Lockney Texas in 1912 with their teacher. Ruby Jewell Harper is identified in the top row sixth from

This beautiful building was the Floyd County Courthouse in Floydada Texas as appeared in 1915.

In 1909 Lockney Texas had a baseball team called the Black Diamond. Here's a rare photo from a postcard showing nine players.

The Smith Brothers ranch covered 46,000 acres of Texas Panhandle. This photo of a wolf hunter with his wagon and tent was taken between Ralls and Floydada and used as a postcard to promote hunting on the ranch in 1921.

1923 Floydada High School Graduating Class

The Floydada High School graduating class consisted of 19 young women and six young men. Also in photo teachers and school officials

Floyd County Fair Lockney Exhibit in 1914

In 1914 Lockney Texas entered their exhibit in the Floyd County Fair to show off a wide varity of agricultural products produced locally.

Joe Botelier plowing fields Floydada in 1905

In 1905 Joe Botelier was plowing a field with his two-horse team near Floydada Texas when someone captured this huge highly-detailed photo

In 1948 T.D.H. (Kalb) Whitaker his wife Katie Sands Whitaker, Maggie Whitaker, and Maggie's son Eli Whitaker's wife Faye Jolly Whitaker posed for this great old photo at the Whitaker Farm near Lockney, Texas

In 1916 a reluctant Reed Harper posed with his sister, Mae Dean Harper, for  this remarkable portrait in Floyd County Texas

In 1922 some of the early settlers of Cedar Hill in Floyd County Texas sat on the grass behind the Cedar Hill Baptist church for this photo. Their names are included below the photo.

Sometime around 1922 fourteen early pioneers of the Cedar Hill community in Floyd County Texas were gathered at the Baptist church when this huge photo was captured

In 1921 Virgil Lemons and Germany Ferguson posed in front of the Cedar Hill Baptist Church in Floyd County Texas

In 1935 the Lockney Longhorn football team posed for their team photo in Lockney Texas. The players names and even nicknames are attached to this rare find

Sometime in the 1910s a group of Floyd County pioneers posed with their cars in front of the City Hotel and Pitts & Gamble Real Estate office in Floydada

The Floydada Whirlwind football team in Floydada Texas in 1922 with some of the players names noted

Quiet day in Lockney Texas at the Methodist Church in 1913

In 1916 a barnstormer landed on the Harper farm near the Lone Star community in Floyd County. In this photo, Ruby Jewell Harper, (standing tallest) with her Lockney friends for their first plane experience . . . read more and see full size

On July 13, 1951 Lockney Texas got their first access to dial phone service. "These New fangled machines, like Lockney's new dial telephone system, doesn't bother Mrs. J. B. Harper or Mother Harper, as she is known. Just turned 95 years of age, ..."

In 1921 Virgil Lemons, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Lockney officiated at  Baptism of  Germany Ferguson somewhere in Floyd County. Germany stood 6'9 and Pastor Lemons was 5'5 so this is no optical illusion. Many thanks to Brent Lemons for providing this photo of his grandfather performing a baptism.

In 1878 the Hutcherson family were on their way to Texas when this wonderful photograph of Julia Ann Oliver Hutcherson holding Samuel Carl Hutcherson. They settled first in Wilbarger County where Julia started the Post office with her name (Julia) as the town. By 1881 the family had the bank, store and post office in Julia, Texas. Next they moved to Floyd County, then Scurry and Borden county near Fluvanna. They then traded two acres for every 'one' in Castro county where they still ranch and farm to this day.

In this wonderful old photo from 1945, eleven month old J D Woody pets a calf on his grandparents farm in Dougherty Texas 20 miles west of Matador 17 miles east of Floydada. Debbie Brauneck provided this photo of her father from her mother's collection

In the early 1900s a large crowd of people gathered in Lockney Texas in front of the J.A. Baker Building. They came on horseback, in buggies and on foot to witness something that looks like a mechanical horse ...

On May 20, 1922 five well-dressed women posed from the back of their passenger car at the depot in Lockney Texas on their way to Plainview in this huge highly-detailed photo . . . see it full size

Picking Cotton in Floyd County Texas

Sometime in the 1930s a family in Floyd County Texas posed for this great old photo of the Newberry family picking cotton. Dale Newberry provided this photo and was able to identify his Grandfather Harvey, his dad Orval, and uncles Skeet... continued

In 1954 T.H. Chatham, well known Floyd County Farmer from Lockney appeared in a national ad

Combine unloading milo grain in to a GMC on a farm near Lockney Texas in 1954. The photo was part of an ad for a two-speed truck axle.

In 1916 a woman posed for this photo of her home outside Lockney Texas. There appears to be someone else peering out of the second floor window . . . take a closer look

Stores, Model T's, a July Clean-Up  Sale and a strange vehicle driving down the street in Floydada in the 1920s . . . see the detail

Model T cars and trucks line the dirt street on the west side of main street in front of Morgan & Co. Farm Machinery, Mercantile, Groceries and Dry Goods, in Lockney Texas in early 1920s . . . tap thumbnail to view full size

Looking north on main street in Lockney in 1920s you would see farm-made trucks and model T's in front of CS Morris & Company Groceries, Elayres Dry Goods and Riley Brewster & Reed on the right side of the dirt street . . . take a look

In 1927 Zant Scott and a friend set off in their Model T on an 1400 mile adventure to follow the wheat harvest from Floydada Texas to Canada. Hand written on the back of the car someone had written, Canada Bound and Mamma's Wandering Boys. To leave no doubt as to where . . . read more see full size

Very busy day in downtown Floydada in 1926. Cars take up all the parking spaces in front of Clark-Wood Dry Goods, Stephens Store, Woody Drug and Stansell & Collins Groceries and Hardware and crowds gather to get into the movie theatre . . . view this photo full size

In 1914 a large group of worshipers showed up at Carr's Chapel a small country church in the Allmon community in Floyd County Texas located on FM378 10 miles northeast of Petersburg, 14 miles southwest of Floydada . . . See it full size

The Lockney Beacon published this report in September 1909 about two boys age 5 and 7 who undertook an incredible journey from Guthrie Oklahoma to Santa Fe New Mexico on horseback with a stop in Silverton Texas. Here's the story as told by Judge Kinder.

Cowboys Gather in Blanco Canyon, Floyd County Texas in 1904

Cowboys, their horses, corrals, barns, and bunkhouse can be seen in this amazing photo taken in the Blanco Canyon south of Floydada in 1904.

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In 1907 the Lynn County News documented a family's journey from Tahoka to Floydada via Lubbock, Plainview and Lockney in a Buick named Cassie. It's a fascinating story of the people they traveled with and the people From Tahoka, Lubbock, Plainview, Lockney and Floydada . . . see the article

Lockney Christian College was established by Charles Walker Smith and St. Clair W. Smith, two evangelists of the Church of Christ. The first school year began on October 2, 1894, in a frame building, with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Burleson as the first teachers. The school opened with sixteen students and had fifty students by the end of the year . . .

In 1908 these nine construction workers posed for a photo of the Lockney Christian College they were building. The photo shows the wood frame building the stone structure will replace. Once the building was completed, the college was renamed the Lockney College and Bible School . . . see full size

In 1909 the Lockney College and Bible School Posted this in the Lockney Beacon showing names and photos of the teachers and board of directors as well as photos of the college, and eight girls who were boarded there . . .  See the full image

18 members of the Lockney High School Football team posed for this group photo with their coach in 1939 . . . see full size

Building Clarity Tunnel in Floyd County in 1927

The Quitaque Railway Tunnel or Clarity Tunnel is a 582 feet railway tunnel in Floyd County, Texas about 10 miles southwest of Quitaque. Construction started in 1927, and the tunnel was completed and opened for use in 1930. The tunnel cuts . . . see this rare photo and read more

On December 17, 1928, residents of Quitaque and Turkey Texas turned out for this crystal clear photo of the the first locomotive to come through their end of the Clarity Tunnel

Somewhere on the prairie in Floyd County Texas two families camped in the 1920s. It's unclear if this was recreational or a layover to repair one of the cars in this photo captured by Wilson Studios Floydada Texas . . . see full size

Grading for the railroad extension to connect Plainview, Lockney and Floydada was completed by mule and ox teams on November 4, 1909 in Lockney . . . see large photo and read more

Railroad Workers Pause for Photo While Building Railroad in Northern Floyd County Texas in 1927

Meet the men who connected Floyd County with the rest of the world in 1927

Horses and wagons on dirt streets in Floydada Texas in 1908. By 1910 the population of Floydada would reach 664.

North side of square in Floydada Texas including images of period cars and people of the hardware store and  (Believe it or Not) a cafe that also sold gas and oil . . . See for yourself

South Side of Square Floydada Tx 1909

Photo features Boerner & Nelson's Cash Grocery, Snodgrass Dry Goods and farmers bringing wagon loads of grain to town . . . see full size

West side of square in Floyd City Texas (Floydada) showing pedestrians in front of the Hardware store, Floyd City Dry Goods, drug store and more. I'm dating this photo as 1890's because . . . read more and see the full size photo

Floydada Texas Street Scene in 1921

Incredible photo of southwest corner of square in Floydada in 1921 showing Leach's, Brown Brothers, Mitchell Bros Furniture and Implements, First National Bank, Houston's Dry Goods, Stephen Store and Woody Drug Co.

Four boys stand on the porch of Floydada schoolhouse and talk with younger boy on donkey in this postcard dated 1907

Rainy day on Main Street in Floydada in 1950's

The Tastee-Freeze was a popular place to eat in Floydada Texas in the 50s and 60s.

Boerner-Nelson's Mobile Store ready to deliver leather goods and groceries to surrounding communities, farms and ranches in 1907.

Marysue Burleson and her brother Stanley "Teen" Burleson grew up on a large ranch near Matador and Floydada. The ranch is still owned and operated by the Burleson family.

Photo from early 1900's picture postcard depicts C.W. Thagard's Oat Farm near Floydada Texas.

Mrs. Stewart, Kenneth Ring, Sam Bradford, Buster Rucker, G.W. Rezineck, Bettye Sue Roe, Syble Roe, Bradley Boyd, Eual Bradford, J.W. Jackson, Ethel Lee Reznieck, Kenneth Poole, Sudduth Moore, Elrea Autry, (unnamed) Rucker, F.J. Reznieck and Felix (children's cat)

Floyd County (Texas) Community

Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon)

Famous People from Texas County by County

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Floydada Ex-Student's Association (Facebook)

Books about Floyd County People and Places

These Deceased Residents of Floyd County Left a total $7,108 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Please share this with your family and friends from Floydada and Lockney to let them know how to claim their inheritance from the Texas Comptroller's Office. . . see the list

Floyd County Treasures

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