Yoakum Historical Photos

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Photos of Historical Sites in Yoakum County, TX

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W.L. Hardin Boarding House 
Plains, Texas.   Circa 1908

Photo contributed by Jeri McCrary Ziglar © 2003

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Arriving Plains - 1906

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Plains Buildings - 1906

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Plains Buildings - 1908

(The above 3 photos courtesy of Yoakum Co Historical Commission © 2004)

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Pat McHugh Homestead, 
Sligo, SE Yoakum Co
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Bennett Discovery Well near 
Denver City,  1935


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Display of Cars at
L. D. Camp's Auto Store
1909

 

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1908:  Roundup - Old Wildcat Mill north of Yoakum Co Park

(McHugh, Bennett, Wildcat Roundup & Auto Show photos courtesy Yoakum Co Historical Commission © 2004)


 

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Located in rural southeast Yoakum County, this dugout is where Annie Armstrong kept house for her uncle, 
Pat McHugh, when she first arrived 
in America.  © Connie Webb

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Annie Armstrong
For more about Annie Armstrong and her life in Yoakum County go to her
biographical sketch  

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Enter Annie's dugout to see how life was  in the early pioneer days of Yoakum Co. .                         © Shirley D. Webb

 

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The dugout's interior was not completely under ground. There were openings for windows which provided light. Three children were born here in later years when another family occupied the dugout.
                                  © Shirley Webb
 

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Ed Gayle is holding a window used
in the dug-out during the early days.
                           © Connie Webb

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The interior of the Annie Armstrong
dug-out.  This site was preserved for many years on Ed Gayle's property in Yoakum County.  © Shirley D. Webb