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…
Read More
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…
Read MoreUPDATE This building has now been destroyed. The Floyd County Commissioners voted to tear down this historic jail due to it being too costly to repair and maintain. Just like that – this 1925 landmark is turned to dust and rubble, not even a place to reflect on history and no place for the…
Read MoreImagine just this moment in time you’re dying of consumption in the High Plains of Texas. It’s August 1906, when the air is at its height of being hot, dry and stale. There might be an occasional breeze, but it does nothing to cool you. You’re coughing up blood mixed with phlegm because your lungs…
Read More
Forgotten Winds 