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Life in Floyd County Texas 1850-1950 Boys aged 5 and 7 Make Incredible 400 Mile Journey on Horseback in 1909 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 related by Judge Kinder. |
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Resources: West Texas History & Memories (Face Book Group) Floyd County (Texas) Community Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon) Famous People from Texas County by County Texas History by Category and Event Floydada Ex-Student's Association (Facebook) |
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Books about the Abernathy Boys | |||||
![]() Once they were famous from the Atlantic to the Pacific. If you had asked any American school children in 1911 who Bud and Temple Abernathy were, they would have given you a look of disbelief. "Everyone knows the Abernathy Boys," they would have said. And they would have been correct, because the mounted adventures of the little Long Riders . . . read more |
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![]() In 1909, five year old Temple and his nine year old brother, Bud, rode form Frederick, Oklahoma to Santa Fe, New Mexico… ALONE. And that was just the beginning. In a span of four years the Abernathy Boys traveled more than 12,000 miles by horseback, automobile and motorcycle . . . read more |
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Floyd County Unclaimed Estates
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 |
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Rare Artifacts, Memorabilia, Ancestry and History Records from Floydada, Lockney, Aiken, Barwise, Dougherty and South Plains, Texas |