Reeves County, Texas from 1850 to 1950 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers from  Balmorhea, Fort Stockton, Orla, Pecos, Saragosa and Toyah Texas. This was life in Texas as our parents, grandparents and ancestors saw it.

Very nice photo of people and cars on the street in front of the Elite Cafe and Morrison five and dime store in Pecos Texas in 1930s

Triangle Camp Motel in Pecos Texas in 1941

This postcard from 1944 shows cowboys driving cattle through downtown Pecos Texas past the Plaza Hotel

1940s Post Card of Boulder Courts and gas station in Pecos Texas

In 1908 a Mexican family of four posed for a photo postcard of their home in Pecos Texas

Sometime in the 1920s an unidentified photographer captured this huge photo of the dirt street in front of the hotel in Pecos Texas.

Very nice photo shows a roadster crossing intersection in front of a model T on Main Street in Pecos Texas in 1920s

Downtown Pecos Texas was a busy place in the 1940s

In the 1930s a cowboy reclined on the coin-operated weight machine in front of the Plaza Hotel and Sanders Drugs in Pecos Texas

In 1910 several men from the railroad round house crew posed for this large photograph

1944 WW2 US Army Air Corp in Pecos Texas

In 1944 members of the US Army Army Air Corp School in Pecos Texas posed for this huge photo

In the 1930s an unknown photographer produced this iconic image of cowboys herding cattle near Pecos Texas for a postcard

Sometime in the 1930s an unknown photographer caught this candid image of patrons and products inside the Sanders Drug Store in Pecos 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