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Lynn County, Texas from 1850 to 1950 as pictured in archived government photographs, family albums,  vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers. This was life in Texas as our parents, grandparents and ancestors saw it.

Some time in the early 1920s the Aycock family posed on their porch in Lynn County Texas. Joel & Martha Aycock are in their chairs holding their baby boys Joel (Boy) & Elmer (Pie) and Flossie stands behind her parents. Photo provided by Kari Leanne Levacy-Torres

In 1920 little Flossie Aycock posed at her home in  what is now the ghost town of New Lynn Texas with a little chair that appears to be holding two puppies. Photo courtesy of her granddaughter Kari Leanne Levacy-Torres.

In the 1920s a farmer in Lynn County near New Lynn Texas stopped his 4-mule team and posed with a young girl named Flossie Aycock, as her two little brothers and the family dog climbed on to the plow. Photo provided by KariLeanne Levacy-Torres. Flossie Aycock was her grandmother . . see it full size

In the mid 1920s 84 students of the New Lynn school near Tahoka Texas posed for this rare image from a town that no longer exists The article includes a list identifying the students . . . see it full size and read more

In 1912 an unknown photographer captured 3 wide angle photos of downtown Tahoka. This is number 1 in the series and features pedestrians gathered in front of the R. G. Morris Grocery Store

Image two in this remarkable series of downtown Tahoka Texas in 1912 shows the real estate office, drug store, hardware store and hotel

Image three of the downtown Tahoka Texas series features a buggy parked on the street near the Wells and Welcher General Merchandise, men standing near the hotel and a woman crossing the street near a calf that seems to be tied to the hitching post.

Some time in 1911 L. G. Phillips posed in front of his General Merchandise store in O'Donnell Texas

Here's a picture postcard of the Lynn Hotel in Tahoka Texas from 1908

It's amazing to find a school photo this detailed from a ghost school from 1924. It's a real treasure when someone has hand written the names of the students below the photo. This is the case in this incredible image of the Grassland School in Lynn County Texas . . . read more an see full size

Resources:

West Texas History & Memories

Early Life in Texas County by County

Books about Texas People and Places

Amazing People from Texas County by County

Lynn County Treasures

These Deceased Residents of Lynn County Left a total $12,570 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Know the Heirs? Share this with your list of Family and Friends from Tahoka, New Home, O'Donnell and Wilson Texas . . . see the list