Queen candidates for the 1973 Harvest Festival were: Teri Dixon, Brenda Randolph, Cynthia Stewart, Tracey Blair, and Lana Williamson. Princess candidates are: Linda Shropshire, Camie Stanton Patti Middlebrook, Dana Blackburn, and Robin Akins . . . see the full image and learn more

1975 Photo of Bobby Blackburn and his sister, Sue Lester in front of the Seven-Eleven Superette in Shallowater. Bobby later served as a Lubbock County Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 for 16 years before retiring in 2006 . . . see the full image and read the article

In 1975 Ronnie Elliott was producing specialty tools for the oil industry and shipping them throughout the US. A 1962 graduate of Shallowater High School, he was elected to the school board in 1975. He and his wife Peggy have one child, Renea.  Photo shows Ronnie standing in front of his machine shop at 611 Clovis Road.

Shallowater Mercantile and Bank in 1913 and Today

N.R. Porter, an early Lubbock County settler, moved the wooden structure over eleven miles of rutted roads from Lubbock to Shallowater in 1913 . . .

Shallowater Celebrates Arrival of Railroad in 1913

Band turns out to celebrate the arrival of the first train in Shallowater, Texas in 1913.

Teachers and authors Sallie Sinclair and Candy Grawunder are featured in this Article by Janice Jarvis in Suburban Today January 13, 1977. Shallowater Pair Compose Piano Book. Photo is of Sallie Sinclair and student Linda Shropshire . . . see the article

Here's a great old photo of the Shallowater Mustangs . . . See anyone you know? see the article for list of players

West Texas History & Memories

You know you're from Shallowater if . . .

These Deceased Residents of Lubbock, Idalou, Wolfforth, Slaton, Shallowater and New Deal Texas Left a total $692,081 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs.

Know the Heirs? Let them know See the full list

Books about Lubbock County People and Places