July 2019 – Pictures of the Past

Bomarton Texas

St. John Catholic Church in Bomarton is one of the great treasures of Texas. Residents originally held mass in the[…]

Walking around the well-kept streets of Crowell will likely lead to conversations with friendly residents. Without a strong real estate[…]

Bunker Hill has always been a rural farming community at the top of Texas’s panhandle. Construction of some Dallam County[…]

History of Dozier dates back to about 1900 with a population of 100 by 1940. Most of its buildings are[…]

Although many towns dried up partially or completely after Interstates made Route 66 obsolete, Adrian will remain a popular stopping[…]

Eastbound travelers on Interstate 40 drive past an art installation called the Cadillac Ranch just before coming into Amarillo. It[…]

Amarillo impressively provided almost the entire world’s supply of helium from 1929-1943. Congress passed the Helium Privatization Act in 1996[…]

The Triangle Motel was a popular stopping place on Route 66 in Amarillo after its 1945 opening. Unfortunately, the location[…]

Amarillo’s English Field operated from 1929-1972 with several changes of use. Major airlines moved flights from the municipal airport and[…]

Some people refer to Alanreed as another Route 66 ghost town due to a few historical buildings no longer in[…]