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Life in Hudspeth County Texas 1850 - 1950
Finlay Texas Post Office 1937

Finlay Texas Post Office 1937

Photo by Dorothea Lange of the Finlay Post Office in 1937 when the town had a population of about 25. Today, Finlay is a ghost town but in it's heyday the post office served up groceries, coffee and Coca-Cola while visitors waited for their mail to arrive from the West at 2pm and from the East at 3:45. If you had out-going mail and arrived when the store was closed you could drop it in the wooden mail box with the tin roof held in place with a heavy rock.

 

Life in Hudspeth County Tx 1850-1950

Life in Hudspeth County Texas 1850-1950 (A)Life in Hudspeth County Texas (B)

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

Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon)

 

What's your Favorite Book about a Texas County, Town, Person or Place? Here's our best reads list County by County

 

Mysterious TexasTrue Stories of Amazing People and Places in Texcas
 Loneliest, Least Populated Counties in Texas
Texas Cowboy HistoryBooks about Texas People County by County

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