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Wheeler 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 from Allison, Briscoe, Mobeetie Shamrock and Wheeler Texas saw it.

Wheeler County Courthouse in 1939

Here's a wonderful old photo of the Wheeler County Courthouse in Wheeler Texas as it appeared in 1939. This was the third courthouse for Wheeler County and was built in 1925.

Near a large billboard for the Shamrock Motel and Restaurant a car falls off the road into a deep ditch in 1959

Very large image of a popular Conoco gas station and cafe in Shamrock Texas in the 1940s

Two women, a man and three children posed in front of jail in Mobeetie Texas shortly after it was completed in 1889.

In 1880 six men and a man in a two horse buggy posed for this photo of the J.J. Long General Merchandise store in Mobeetie Texas

In 1885 members of the Knights of Mobeetie posed for this remarkable photo from Mobeetie that included ten men and a woman.

Five men including a Buffalo Soldier posed for this photo post card in front of the Mobeetie Post  Office in 1880s.

Rare old image of main street in Mobeetie Texas in 1905 shows a buggy and a horse-drawn wagon and several pedestrians on the dirt street

The land title office in Mobeetie was a very busy place with four men working hard to keep up with the land rush in this large highly-detailed photo of the interior.

1940s photo of Wheeler Texas shows cars parked in front the Cafe & Market and Picketts Thrift Store

US Cavalry from Fort Elliott mounted troops with Indian scouts in the foreground and a lone rancher watching. Fort Elliott was the United States Army outpost in the eastern Texas Panhandle from 1875 to 1890

Vernon Hardcastle working on his new home he's building for his family in Wheeler County, Texas in 1939

In the early 1900s a little girl posed for this portrait at the Hays Studio in Shamrock 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

Wheeler County Unclaimed Estates

These Deceased Residents from Wheeler County left a total $11,440 in Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Know the Heirs? Please Share this with your Family and Friends in Wheeler and Shamrock Texas . . . Check the list