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Martin County, Texas from 1850 to 1950 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers. This was life in Texas as our parents, grandparents and ancestors saw it.

In the 1930s a man and his son paused their work planting cotton near Stanton with a horse drawn planter. The knobby wheel powered a chain which powered gears under thee planter box to distribute seed.

In 1937 a man is using a 4 Mule Team to replant cotton near Stanton, Texas

In the 1930s a man proudly shows off a horse named Soap Suds in Stanton Texas

The graduating class of the Carmelite Monastery posed for this photograph with one girl holding a  certificate in 1888

In 1888, forty school girls at the Carmelite Monastery in Stanton posed for a class photo

In 1940 Elizabeth Fulks was on her front porch visiting with a friend when an unknown photographer captured this imag

Minnie Smith, Elizabeth Fulks & Valbertina Kimball in Stanton in 1940

Sometime in September of 1940 Mrs. Elizabeth Fulks was working in her garden when this photo was captured

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

Martin County Unclaimed Estates

These Deceased Residents of Martin County left a total $8,966 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Know the Heirs? Please share or tag this to your Family and Friends from Stanton, Ackerly, Lenora and Tarzan Texas. . . . Check the list