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Dallam County, Texas 1800's -1940's as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers in Dalhart, Kerrick, and Texline  . Click on the photos or titles below to see full size.

On a snowy day in Texline Texas in the early 1900s a photographer captured this street scene showing the Texline Hardware company and a group of men gathered at the building next door.

Texaco Station in Texline in 1920s

A Texaco Gas Station in Texline Texas with visual gas pumps and also offered Log Cabin Courts and Cockrell's Courts

Birdseye View of Texline in 1910

In 1910 a photographer climbed to a high perch in Texline Texas and captured this great photo showing the back side of the Bank of Texline and the North Texas Land Company and the front side of J.W. Timmons Groceries

Sometime in the 1920s the Mission Theater in Dalhart Texas was showing Naughty Not NIce with Colleen Moore

Very nice old photo of the Dalhart Texas High School in 1927 with old cars and early pioneers

Main Street looking south in Dalhart Texas featuring the B&B cafe, old cars and children playing

Very nice photo of several people at a hardware store in Dalhart Texas in the early 1900s

Busy day in downtown Dalhart in the 1930s with old cars and a bicycle near the De Soto Hotel

Picture postcard of the Dallam County Courthouse in 1943. The back of the postcard served as an IOU dated 15 Dec 1943 signed by R. G. Hall for $10

Photo of a once grand old hotel, the De Soto in Dalhart Texas in the 1930s

Nice action shot of XIT cowboys branding cattle in 1904 with cowboys roping, holding and branding cattle and one cowboy appears to be taking the brand back to the fire to reheat or pick up another hot iron.

XIT Cowboys in 1890

In 1890 eight cowboys from the XIT ranch posed with their horses, bedrolls and wagon for this wonderful old photo.

In 1935 little Don French was playing with his wagon in Dalhart when someone captured this cute image. Photo courtesy of his grandson Jim French

Slow day on Denrock Ave in Dalhart Texas in 1912 with only a few horse-drawn carriages and carts and one Model T driving down the middle of the dirt street

On September 29, 1909 citizens turned out to witness the first railroad spike to be hammered in Dalhart

No time to linger in downtown Dalhart as pedestrians hurry to find shelter from epic dust storm in 1936.

27 men and boys, one woman and a dog wait outside the Felton Opera House on Denrock Avenue in Dalhart Texas in 1909 . . . see full size

Horse-drawn wagons crowd the wide dirt street while pedestrians crowd the sidewalk under telegraph poles in this incredible photo of downtown Dalhart in 1910

Early cars line the dirt street in front of the Mission Mission Theatre on the east and an unnamed garage on the west in huge, highly detailed photo . . . see full size

Busy day in downtown Dalhart with Model T's lining the street near the Desoto Hotel and pedestrians try to make their way across the busy
street . . .look closer

Sometime in the late 1800's a lonely man had a photograph taken of himself on his homestead on the Texas Panhandle. Then he turned it into a postcard and advertised for a wife to join him on his farm near Texline Texas . . . view it full size

Officials and Doctors posed for photo in front of the Trans Canadian Sanitarium in Dalhart Texas in this rare postcard from 1910 . . . view full size

In 1907, eight construction workers (and a small boy) posed with a house they built in four days in Perico Texas. Perico is now a ghost town on U.S. Highway 87 twenty-five miles northwest of Dalhart and  . . .  Read more See full size

You may find your mother or grandmother looking back at you in this incredible photo from the 1930's

Montgomery Ward Gas Station Dalhart, Tx 1939

Shields One Stop Service Sinclair gas station featuring Montgomery Ward tires in Dalhart.

July 4th Parade Float in Dalhart Texas 1800's

Horse named "John" pulls decorated L&C Company delivery wagon through dirt street in front of Galbraith - Foxworth Company in Dalhart in 1800's.

Drought Committee Surveys Sand Dunes near Dalhart, Texas In 1936

It seemed the dunes might consume the whole county.

Dalhart Texas Street Scene 1930s

Cars parked in front of Dalhart Hardware, US Royal Cord Tires, local cafe and more.

Bareback Contest in Dalhart Texas Rodeo c1800's

Bareback contest on a ranch rodeo near Dalhart in Dallam County sometime in the 1800s . . . see it full size

Windmill and Farm Implements for sale Dallam County Tx 1939

Farm implements for sale in front of Dalhart store offering Cocacola and local newspaper.

Dalhart got it's first hospital when the Catholic Sisters opened the Loretto Hospital in 1929

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