jrbeckwith – Pictures of the Past

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The community of Granada was formed in the 1890’s and was later renamed after local rancher, John H. Given in[…]

Barstow is a living ghost town and carries on an important part of West Texas History. The small settlement of[…]

One town, two booms. Pyote was a small town for quite a while. It began with the newly built Texas[…]

Today’s Hovey is a real ghost town.

Travelers between Big Lake and Midland on highway 137 could very easily miss one of area’s original towns the hidden[…]

The south Fort Worth Incinerator on Echo Lake was only used from the 1950-1960’s. Aside from rotting for 50+ years,[…]

Hidden off the road in rural Falls County is an old cemetery.

The Tri-State lead and zinc ore mines (meeting place of Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas) were responsible for both the creation[…]