Yoakum Historical Photos

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Photos of Pioneers in Yoakum County, TX

That Pioneer Spirit
Yoakum County Style

Photos courtesy of Yoakum Co Historical Commission © 2004

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Chuckwagon of the Early Days - Open Air Cooking and Eating!!
South of Allred in Yoakum County 

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Bill & Wilma Powell - 1932

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1906 - Plains Young People Gathered for Sunday Singing.
L to R:  Mary Hudson, Lawson Bess, Lillian Hurst, Leah Hudson, John Hudson, Ara Hurst, Murphy Luna, 
Beaulah Coleman

Life on the Plains of Texas took Fortitude

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A Homesteader in the Early Days

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The Hamilton Family - 1932 


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Jim Hague

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Wake & Clyd Hague dugout

Soon homes and mule teams grew in the harsh prairie land

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The Gainer Family and their House

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The Luna Mule Team - 1914
Working on the roadway that is now Hwy 214

And There was Time for Singing and Laughter

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Gathered for Singing At the Dixon Ranch - 1906

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Wilma Luna and Ara Earnest