Davick Services - Where Texas history is
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Look Who's Talking about Texas History We recommend the Facebook Group "West Texas History & Memories" for history, famous people, old photos, stories, unclaimed estates and genealogy of the Western Half of Texas . . . Check it out and join the conversation |
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Life in Bailey County Texas 1800 - 1950 | |||||
German POWs in Muleshoe Cotton Field World War 2 German POWs tend cotton crop near Muleshoe Texas. With nearly seventy prisoner of war camps, Texas had approximately twice as many as any other state. These camps ranged from extremely large base camps that housed thousands of prisoners to small branch camps that held less than 100. Over 50,000 German soldiers were held in Texas during World War II. . . . for more like this please see Texas Farm History
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Resources: Early Life in Texas County by County Books about Texas People and Places Amazing People from Texas County by County Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon) |
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Books about Bailey County People and Places | |||||
Outside the Fence: Stories of an Army Officer's Kids and WW2 POW Camps (Amazon) by Marilyn Snethen Clark, Carol Snethen Reed and Barbara Snethen Leonard Excerpt: A great cheer came from the four kids. The rest of the trip, Mickey enjoyed the wind on his face with his head out the window, as the six of us plus Mickey headed for our new home in Muleshoe, Texas. The house in Muleshoe was a dream for us . . . Look inside |
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Rare Artifacts, Memorabilia,
Maps, Photos, Ancestry and History Records from Muleshoe, Bula, Circle Back, Enochs,
Maple, Needmore and Virginia City, Texas
See Bailey County Treasures found on eBay |
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