Group of 37 schoolchildren of various ages and two adults in Dimmitt that made up the first public school in Castro County Texas in 1891. While none of the children look particularly happy, Hillery Bedford #2 seems furious.

Some of those pictured are named and a handwritten number identifies them as:
1 Lucy Bandy
2 Hillery Bedford
3 Will Bedford
4 Jake Cloud
5 Lysius Gough
6 Bessie Davis
7 Miss Lou Morrison
8 Miss Nell Bedford
9 Miss Ada Harlan
10 Mrs. Gough
11 Mis Annie Bedford
12 Lettie Bedford
13 Trudy Bandy
14 Ellen Carter
15 Earl Gough

. . . for more like this please see History of School in Texas

Resources:

West Texas History & Memories

Early Life in Texas County by County

Books about Texas People and Places

Amazing People from Texas County by County