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Shallowater Mercantile and Bank 1913 to 2017

Photo below is of First bank in Shallowater as it appears in photo taken in 1913.  N.R. Porter, an early Lubbock County settler, moved the wooden structure from Lubbock to Shallowater in the summer of 1913. It is supposed to have taken several days to drag the building over eleven miles of rutted dirt road according to an article that appeared in Suburban Today in 1974. Scroll down for the article.

Photo below of Shallowater Mercantile and Bank as seen in 2017. It is located in the alley behind Clovis  Road in Shallowater Texas, Lubbock County. The building faces the alley because the alley was once a main street in Shallowater

Article below is from Suburban Today April 17 1975 Tap the image to  Read the complete article

Books about Lubbock County People and Places

These Deceased Residents of Lubbock, Idalou, Wolfforth, Slaton, Shallowater and New Deal Texas Left a total $660,639 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs.

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Lubbock County Treasures (eBay)