Childress County, Texas Historic photos, documents, and people

Man in front of post office. Carey, Texas. This town is fast becoming a ghost town because of mechanization of cotton and displacement of tenant farmers

Wife of a migratory laborer with three children. Near Childress, Texas. Nettie Featherston

Abandoned cafe in Carey, Texas. Carey is fast becoming a ghost town of the Texas plains

Migratory laborer's wife with three children (not in photo). Near Childress, Texas

Contour plowing on mechanized farms. Childress County, Texas Panhandle, Texas

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