Winkler 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 Cheyenne, Duval, Kermit, Theodore, Tulsa and Wink Texas saw it.

Sometime in the 1930s Jack Nolan captured this very nice action shot at the Wink Texas Rodeo

In 1926 this photograph was produced for a promotional postcard touting Wink Texas as The Worlds Fastest Growing Oil Town and stated that six months earlier this was a pasture.

Photograph of men working on the Hendrick number 13 oil well in Winkler County, Texas in 1926. A horse drawn cart is visible parked next to the well.

Kermit had a growing business district in the 1920s as illustrated in this old photo

In 1930 an oil well worker parked his car beside an oil well in Winkler County. Note the rumble seat has been replaced with a wooden tool box.

In 1906, three cowboys struggle to put the W Brand on a horse while three watch in this huge very clear image of life on the ranch in Winkler County Texas

In 1910 residents of Winkler County gathered in front of the Winkler County courthouse near the community well and windmill

Sometime in the 1920s an unknown photographer captured this huge photo of two oil workers operating a huge crane on an oil well in Winkler County

Nice large image of downtown Kermit Texas in the 1960s featuring Wackers store just down the street from the courthouse.

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