As you are driving the Texas Panhandle roads of either Highway 86 or Farm to Market 168 in Castro County, you will see a town emerge on a hill seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Then you see a large structure that is the church. Its cross can be seen miles away on a…
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An Odd Little Mercantile Store
The Home Mercantile was the oldest general store in Nazareth, Texas serving the community for 90 years in two different close proximity locations. The first store was erected in 1905. The second store was erected in 1928, less than a half block away from the middle of Nazareth after the original was torn…
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Housing of Early Prisoners in Lamb County, Texas
During my research on the Hunt book, I discovered this odd fragment of history regarding how prisoners were housed in Lamb County, Texas during the county’s early years. From 1908 to 1946 the Lamb County Courthouse and the county seat was in Olton. The first nine-room courthouse built in 1908 burned down 14 years later…
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Evidence of a Single Tire
Many murder case convictions often rest upon one single piece of evidence to convict a person. Often it’s surprising what that evidential piece entails. In the Hunt murders, one piece of evidence turned out to be a single Lee Tire. Yes – a tire! It was not long ago that I came across this Lee…
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Forgotten Winds 