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Randall 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.

Iconic photo of a lone cowboy on a white horse in Sunday Canyon branch of Palo Duro Canyon in 1930s

Beautiful image of the Coronado Lodge at the edge of Palo Duro Canyon in the 1950s

27 men on horses make their way down the precipitous trail to the bottom of Palo Duro Canyon in the 1930s

Early Canyon Texas pioneers on the porch of the beautiful home of L.T. Lester home at 310 8th Street in Canyon Texas in 1906

Six smiling children beside the Sad Monkey railroad in Palo Duro Canyon on June 8, 1960. The Sad Monkey railroad began operation in June 1953 when J. H. Buchanan, owner of the Ford dealership in Canyon Texas purchased a narrow-gauge passenger train from... read more in the article

A group of riders with their horses set out to explore Palo Duro Canyon in the 1940s

In 1890 eleven men, two women and four children posed in front of the Roberts Leach Dry Goods store and the local saloon for this great old photo of Canyon City Texas

In 1918 the Army Training Corp from West Texas State Normal College marched through Canyon Texas

On October 10, 1924 a large crowd gathered in a circle to watch two mule teams break ground on a new gym for West Texas Normal College in Canyon Texas

In 1891 the students and staff of the first school in Canyon City Texas posed in front of their school

In 1905 the graduating class of the Canyon High School in Canyon Texas consisted of seven women and five men and none of them look very happy about it.

In 1898 sixty nine students and teachers climbed a fence outside their school in Canyon Texas to pose for this huge old photo with recognizable faces

48 students and the teacher posed for this photo of a school in Canyon Texas in 1901

This image of a school in Canyon Texas features a man holding a disciplinary board and 62 shoed and barefoot children.

In 1943 an unknown photographer from a high perch captured this amazing photo of a cowboy in mid-air in Canyon Texas

Sometime in April 1908 three young women mounted their side-saddles and posed for this photo postcard in Canyon Texas

During World War II these Italian prisoners of war had been helping the Catholic church in Umbarger Texas with murals and other works of art when they posed with the staff for this remarkable photo

In the 1940s four cowboys attempt to hold a wild horse using a technique called earing down while another cowboy stands ready to put a saddle on the horse for this rodeo on the Palo Duro Ranch Rodeo

n 1905 seven early pioneers of Randall County stood at the fence in front of the courthouse. Pioneers shown from left to right are M. Fm. Slover, Sherriff and Tax Collector: R. B. Redfearn, Treasurer: J. A. Tate, County and District Clerk; Hon. J. M. Vansant, County Judge...read more in the article

In 1919 seventy students from the summer class of West Texas State Normal College posed on the college steps for this large, high definition photo

In 1936 the cows at the Terra Blanca Dairy farm near Canyon Texas were content and covered from the cold blasts of arctic air that sometimes blasts the Texas Panhandle

On May, 12, 1922 West Texas Normal played Clarendon College in a baseball game and an unknown photographer caught this remarkable action shot ...

Crystal clear photo of West Texas State Normal College with an early car and horse drawn wagon as it was in 1916

On March 25, 1914 the administrative building of West Texas State Normal College was destroyed in a fire.

Model T's lined the end zone to watch this football game at West Texas State Normal College in 1921

Sometime in the 1910s these three tough-looking and one who looks like he's wondering what he got himself into when he joined the WT College Football Team posed for this crystal clear photo

Very large, very clear photo of the West Texas State College Basketball team in 1927

In 1914 the West Texas State College Women's Basketball team posed holding a Canyon Texas banner

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

These Deceased Residents of Randall County Left a total $56,193 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Please share this with your family and friends from Randall County, Canyon and Umbarger Texas to let them know how to claim their inheritance from the Texas Comptroller's Office. . . see the list

Randall County Treasures