Playa lakes were important to early settlers of the south plains. This rare old photo demonstrates one common use of a playa lake near Brownfield Texas. They are round hollows in the ground in the Southern High Plains that filled with rainwater at certain times of the year. The temporal nature of playa lakes led to confusion on the part of early European explorers, some of whom described the region as a desert and others a land of millions of small lakes . . .

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Terry County Unclaimed Estates

These Deceased Residents of Brownfield, Wellman and Tokio Texas Left a total $45,730 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Know the Heirs? Please share this report with your friends and family. There is a link in the article to the Texas comptroller's page where you can make a claim . . . View the list