As I turned a yellowed newspaper page, immediately the words “Brutal Murders” caught my eye and were emblazoned across a top headline of the Lubbock Morning Avalanche-Journal on October 27, 1943. It was like I froze in time. Then the photo below the headline of two little girls grabbed my attention immediately and became engrained…
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Lubbock’s Hidden Economic Gem By: Christena Stephens There are many hidden gems in Lubbock’s unique history; one of these is how people developed businesses. This is the story of one. Urban growth and development came late to the South Plains because this region of Texas was the last settled. When Lubbock became organized in 1909,…
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My friend June and I were told by the tour guide this was the women’s holding cell on the second floor of the Brown County Jailhouse in Texas. I took two steps into the room and knew. Knew that death had occurred in this room. There is an unknown unseen presence of someone who died…
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Dispelling Myths and Setting the History Straight I remember in 2005 working in Hardeman County on a Rangeland Survey project. Quanah, Texas captured my attention quickly. In trying to find names of landowners based on county records, I landed at Quanah’s Chamber of Commerce. There my partner and I were warmly greeted, showered with…
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Forgotten Winds 