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genealogy & history

Photographs

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There are many, many photos of Deaf Smith County at the Portal to Texas History.
Tallie Bell, Deaf Smith County, Texas Tallie Bell ... about 1920 or before Submitted by: Lois Taylor loi@tcac.com
Dr. LeGrand, Deaf Smith County, Texas I found this old picture among the old Bell Family pictures. It is unmarked, but if my early memory is correct, it is a picture of Dr. LeGrand. He was a doctor in Hereford in the 1920's on until his death. You might be able to check it out for sure, as he was so beloved. He had family living in Hereford at the time ... now? -Lois

If anyone has information about this picture or Dr. LeGrand we would appreciate hearing from you. -Sandy
Submitted by: Lois Taylor loi@tcac.com
Easterwood Family, Deaf Smith County, Texas Easterwood ancestors who lived in Hereford for a brief period.
The picture was taken about 1905. Taken in Herford Texas This is the best guess as to the identity of the people. L-R Roena Reed Brandon, Borden Brandon, Little girl is unknown, Mary (Mollie) Brandon Easterwood, Birdie Easterwood (little girl) who married Enoch Stephens. These were my grandparents Ocie Easterwood (next to Birdie) The young man in back with hat I'm not sure. I think it is John Forrest Easterwood, brother to Joseph Wheeler Easterwood, Dick Easterwood (young boy in front on far right), Joseph Wheeler Easterwood (adult in back on far right), John Easterwood married a cousin Emma Easterwood who died in 1904. I don't know if he had any children or not but there's the possibility that the unidentified little girl might be his daughter
Submitted by: Shannon Birdwell birdwells@usa .net

American Memories

from The Library of Congress

Windmill, Deaf Smith County, Texas "It is reliably estimated that not less than 40,000 families have moved away from the Great Plains drought area since 1930." From the report of the Great Plains Committee, 1936. (Jun. 1938) Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Train, Deaf Smith County, Texas Train going across the Texas purchase. (Nov. 1942) Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
Potato Warehouse, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas Hereford, Texas. Potato warehouse. (Nov. 1942) Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
Grain storage, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas Hereford, Texas. Grain storage bins along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad (Mar. 1943) Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
Junkyard, Deaf Smith County, Texas Hereford (vicinity), Texas. Auto junkyard along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. (Mar. 1943) Delano, Jack, photographer
Dawn (town), Deaf Smith County, Texas
Dawn, Texas. Passing through the town on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Amarillo, Texas and Clovis, New Mexico. (Mar. 1943) Delano, Jack, photographer
Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas Hereford, Texas. Crossing Texas wheat country on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Amarillo, Texas and Clovis, New Mexico. (Mar. 1943) Delano, Jack, photographer
Panhandle, Deaf Smith County, Texas Panhandle landscape (Nov. 1942) Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
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