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

Huge crystal clear photo of the Hardeman Texas courthouse in Quanah Texas in the early 1950s

Chillicothe High School as it appeared in 1911 in Hardeman County Texas

Edward Wykes After Deer Hunt

Edward Wykes after a deer hunt in Quanah Texas in the 1940s. He was a marksman in WWI and won the Quanah turkey shoot for so many years they asked him to give the younger ones a chance...he did.

Five young women and one young man in the Quanah Texas High School class in 1906. The two young women on the left are identified as Blanche and Beulah Greene

Brothers Leslie (far left in vest) and Edward Wykes (second from left) owned the Chevrolet Dealership in Quanah Texas in 1920. Here they are pictured in their storage room with safe and two employees or managers.

In this rare image of the Chevrolet Dealership in Quanah Texas in 1920 mechanics are doing repairs including an engine overhaul. Co-owner of the dealership Edward Wykes is on the far left.

In 1949 thirty-two students and their teacher posed for their class photo at Travis Elementary in Quanah Texas

Ruby Forbes Wykes was a teacher at Travis Elementary in Quanah Texas. She saved the individual photos of the first grade class she taught in 1948-1949 and identified each one.

On a muddy day in the 1910s a photographer captured this large highly detailed image of four men in an early automobile as they skidded in front of the camera

In 1908 an unknown photographer climbed to a high perch to capture this birds-eye view of Quanah Texas

In 1890 a devastating fire ravaged Chillicothe Texas and the aftermath was captured on film

Very nice view of drug store owner, staff and a dog in the Cotten & Decker Drug Store in Quanah in the early 1900s in this promotional post card

In 1937 a farmer in Goodlett Texas posed for this photo and spoke out about how his family had been forced from the farm they rented when land owners replaced them with tractors. ""Well, I know I've got to make a move but I don't know where to. I can stay off relief until the first of the year. After that I don't know. I've eat up two cows and a pair of horses this past year ..." Read more in the article

In 1909 this postcard was used to entice settlers to Quanah Texas

On December 1914 Kay Shuey and her dog, Snip, posed on top of a bale of cotton for this very nice photo in Quanah Texas

In the early 1900s two men and a boy stand in front of the counter of Kerley's Store in Chilicothe Texas while an employee waits to serve them a soda

Sometime in the 1910s a man posed in his swimsuit in front of his car for this very clear photo in Chillicothe Texas

 On July 4, 1896 a large group of people on foot, on horseback and in carriages turned out to welcome Quanah Parker to the town named after him

Four men, a woman, a dog and an early steel-tired tractor were all part of the wheat harvest team near Quanah Texas in the early 1920s

Cute image of Winnie Lee Evans standing on a fur covered chair in Quanah Texas in the 1890s when she was about three years old

Sometime in the 1920s a woman posed behind the wheel of an early car in Chillicothe Texas

Resources:

West Texas History & Memories (Face Book Group)

Early Life in Texas County by County

Books about Texas People and Places

Famous People from Texas County by County