True Stories of Amazing People and Places in Texas

Hall County, Texas in 1937 to 1939 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers.

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Very rare photo of famous musician Bob Wills picking cotton with his cousin in the mid 1920s

Hundreds of people gathered at the First National Bank to celebrate the first train into Turkey Texas in 1928

Very clear photo of a drug store in Turkey Texas shows two soda jerks, a man with his two sons and two men raising their drinks in a toast in 1928. The image is so clear that even the man reflected in the bar back mirror is recognizable

Three well dressed cowboys on their horses in this photo from 1895 in Hall County Texas. One horse appears to have bolted at flash . . . take a look

Sometime in the 1930s a father and son stopped their work in Hall County Texas to pose for this photo by famed photographer Dorothea Lange with their horse-drawn planter . . . see it full size

Horse drawn carriages, wagons and shoppers filled the dirt street in this photo of downtown Memphis Texas the way it was in 1908 . . . Look closer

Refugee family near Memphis, Tx 1937

Refugee family of five on the Texas Panhandle near Memphis Texas carrying everything they own in a hand cart and baby buggy in 1937.

In 1937 a motel in Memphis Texas painted an ad on the roof of a tractor driver's house to let travelers know the motel was just 3 miles away and had reasonable rates.

Musicians Bob Wills and Buck Holligan at the John Wills farm near Turkey Texas in the mid-1920s. Photo from San Antonio Rose: The Life And Music Of Bob Wills ... see full size

On August 11 1943 Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys posed in front of their bus as young girls leans forward to get into the picture . . . See it full size

Girl Drawing Water from Well In Hall County Texas in 1939

Barefoot girl struggles to draw water from well in Hall County in 1939 in this large highly-detailed photo.

These Deceased Residents of Hall County Left a total $2,007 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Please share this with your family and friends from Memphis, Lakeview and Turkey Texas to let them know how to claim their inheritance from the Texas Comptroller's Office. . . see the list