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Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dickens vicinity, Dickens County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Di...

Significance: The building was constructed about 1895 at the Spur Ranch headquarters in western Dickens County. The Spur Ranch was organized in the early 1880's by A. M. Britton and S. W. Lomax, and was sold to... More

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S. 87 vicinity, Mason, Mason County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S....

Significance: The Hedwigs Hill double log cabin represents the second phase of frontier construction, the utilization of two cabins connected by a central passageway, or "dog-run." The cabin was built in the mi... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

Tomb of Adele Baron Lubbock, wife of Francis Richard Lubbock, governor of Texas from 1861 to 1863 during the U.S. Civil War, at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas

Tomb of Adele Baron Lubbock, wife of Francis Richard Lubbock, governor...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dickens vicinity, Dickens County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Di...

Significance: The building was constructed about 1895 at the Spur Ranch headquarters in western Dickens County. The Spur Ranch was organized in the early 1880's by A. M. Britton and S. W. Lomax, and was sold to... More

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

Renderbrook-Spade Blacksmith Shop, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Colorado City vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Renderbrook-Spade Blacksmith Shop, National Ranching Heritage Center (...

Significance: Renderbrook Spring in southern Mitchell County was a famous landmark in early west Texas, used by Indians and the U.S. Calvary. The Snyder brothers established a buffalo-hunter's camp at the sprin... More

Picket & Sotol House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Ozona vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Picket & Sotol House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Oz...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Matador Guest House & Office, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from TX Route 70 vicinity, Matador, Motley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Matador Guest House & Office, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved...

Significance: This structure was built at the turn of the century by the famous Matador Cattle Company, an enterprise owned by Scots. Originally a two-bedroom guest house, it was known as "Scotsman's Dive," a n... More

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from North of Snyder, Scurry County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Nor...

Significance: The original stone room of this house was evidently built by J. K. Smith on section fifty-nine of block three, Scurry County, Texas, in 1883. Two rooms of box and strip construction were subsequen... More

Matador Half-Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dickens, Dickens County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Matador Half-Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dic...

Significance: Known as "The Dive," this structure was built by J.C. Davis and Charlie Bird on Davis' patent about 1890. Although built relatively late, it is an excellent representation of the earliest plains s... More

Renderbrook-Spade Blacksmith Shop, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Colorado City vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Renderbrook-Spade Blacksmith Shop, National Ranching Heritage Center (...

Significance: Renderbrook Spring in southern Mitchell County was a famous landmark in early west Texas, used by Indians and the U.S. Calvary. The Snyder brothers established a buffalo-hunter's camp at the sprin... More

Bairfield School, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Farm Road 262, Clarendon, Donley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Bairfield School, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Farm R...

Significance: Bairfield School was built in the late 1880's near Rushing Bull Springs in Donley County. Built as a box and strip house, the building has since acquired siding. At each corner and on two sides, c... More

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from North of Snyder, Scurry County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Nor...

Significance: The original stone room of this house was evidently built by J. K. Smith on section fifty-nine of block three, Scurry County, Texas, in 1883. Two rooms of box and strip construction were subsequen... More

Dust storm approaching Lubbock, Texas

Dust storm approaching Lubbock, Texas

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

Masterson Rock Bunkhouse, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Truscott vicinity, King County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Masterson Rock Bunkhouse, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved fro...

Significance: Tradition holds that this native rock building, from eastern King County, was built in 1879 by the "8" Ranch. It was purchased by R. B. Masterson about 1889 and became a part of his "JY" Ranch. Th... More

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Abernathy vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from ...

Significance: In 1891, Joseph James Barton came from the post-oak country south of Waco to the south plains. Barton secured 50 sections of land in the southwest corner of Hale County and founded the T. L. Ranch... More

Chatman Hospital, 2301 Cedar Avenue, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Chatman Hospital, 2301 Cedar Avenue, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Significance: Chatman Hospital was one of the finest medical facilities for black patients in the state of Texas at the time that it was completed in 1945. The $90,000 cast stone building was a vast improvement... More

Slaughter Two-Story Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Levelland, Hockley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Slaughter Two-Story Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved f...

Significance: This unusual structure dates from the 1890's, and served as the Whiteface Camp of the C. C. Slaughter Ranch, west of Levelland. At some time prior to 1912, a box and strip upper level was added, m... More

"J. A. " Milk & Meat Cooler, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from TX Route 207 & Farm Road 2272, Claude, Armstrong County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

"J. A. " Milk & Meat Cooler, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved ...

Significance: Colonel Charles Goodnight entered Palo Duro Canyon shortly after Indian occupation had ended in the mid-1870's and, in partnership with Englishman John Adair, established the "JA" Ranch. Before th... More

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from North of Snyder, Scurry County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Nor...

Significance: The original stone room of this house was evidently built by J. K. Smith on section fifty-nine of block three, Scurry County, Texas, in 1883. Two rooms of box and strip construction were subsequen... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

"Long S" Box & Strip House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Patricia vicinity, Martin County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

"Long S" Box & Strip House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved f...

Significance: This small house was built on C. C. Slaughter's "Long S" Ranch, in northwestern Martin County, Texas, around the turn of the century. It is a fine example of box and strip construction, consisting... More

El Capote Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Seguin vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

El Capote Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Seguin ...

Significance: Jose de la Baume acquired six leagues (27,150 acres) of the Green Dewitt Colony shortly after the Texas revolution. De la Baume's El Capote Ranch was located on the south side of the Guadalupe Riv... More

Chatman Hospital, 2301 Cedar Avenue, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Chatman Hospital, 2301 Cedar Avenue, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Significance: Chatman Hospital was one of the finest medical facilities for black patients in the state of Texas at the time that it was completed in 1945. The $90,000 cast stone building was a vast improvement... More

Dust storm over Lubbock, Texas - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Dust storm over Lubbock, Texas - safety film negatives, Library of Con...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dickens vicinity, Dickens County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Di...

Significance: The building was constructed about 1895 at the Spur Ranch headquarters in western Dickens County. The Spur Ranch was organized in the early 1880's by A. M. Britton and S. W. Lomax, and was sold to... More

Bairfield School, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Farm Road 262, Clarendon, Donley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Bairfield School, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Farm R...

Significance: Bairfield School was built in the late 1880's near Rushing Bull Springs in Donley County. Built as a box and strip house, the building has since acquired siding. At each corner and on two sides, c... More

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Poss...

Significance: When George R. Jowell returned to Palo Pinto County from a Kansas Trail drive in the mid-1870's and found his log cabin burned by Indians, he built this stone house. Limestone for the structure ev... More

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from North of Snyder, Scurry County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Nor...

Significance: The original stone room of this house was evidently built by J. K. Smith on section fifty-nine of block three, Scurry County, Texas, in 1883. Two rooms of box and strip construction were subsequen... More

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Abernathy vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from ...

Significance: In 1891, Joseph James Barton came from the post-oak country south of Waco to the south plains. Barton secured 50 sections of land in the southwest corner of Hale County and founded the T. L. Ranch... More

Corpus Christi, Texas. Lieutenant Bill Horne, a Civil Air Patrol pilot, with a "Mae West" (life jacket). Lieutenant Horne is from Lubbock, Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas. Lieutenant Bill Horne, a Civil Air Patrol pilot...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A huge allotment of cotton gets a quick inspection at Buster's cotton gin near Lubbock in the Texas panhandle

A huge allotment of cotton gets a quick inspection at Buster's cotton ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

"U Lazy S" Carriage, Saddle & Harness House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from West Farm Road 669, South of Post, Garza County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

"U Lazy S" Carriage, Saddle & Harness House, National Ranching Heritag...

Significance: John B. Slaughter registered the "U Lazy S" brand in Palo Pinto County during the Civil War, and ranched in Crosby County, Glasscock County, Utah and New Mexico between 1880 and 1901, when he purc... More

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S. 87 vicinity, Mason, Mason County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S....

Significance: The Hedwigs Hill double log cabin represents the second phase of frontier construction, the utilization of two cabins connected by a central passageway, or "dog-run." The cabin was built in the mi... More

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Abernathy vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from ...

Significance: In 1891, Joseph James Barton came from the post-oak country south of Waco to the south plains. Barton secured 50 sections of land in the southwest corner of Hale County and founded the T. L. Ranch... More

Slaughter Two-Story Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Levelland, Hockley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Slaughter Two-Story Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved f...

Significance: This unusual structure dates from the 1890's, and served as the Whiteface Camp of the C. C. Slaughter Ranch, west of Levelland. At some time prior to 1912, a box and strip upper level was added, m... More

"J. A. " Milk & Meat Cooler, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from TX Route 207 & Farm Road 2272, Claude, Armstrong County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

"J. A. " Milk & Meat Cooler, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved ...

Significance: Colonel Charles Goodnight entered Palo Duro Canyon shortly after Indian occupation had ended in the mid-1870's and, in partnership with Englishman John Adair, established the "JA" Ranch. Before th... More

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Seven children and eldest son's family. Father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Son was a tenant farmer. "We're bound for Kingfisher (Oklahoma wheat) and Lubbock (Texas cotton). We're not trying to but we'll be in California yet. We're not going back to Arkansas; believe I can better myself"

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Robert Bruno Steel House in in the Ransom Canyon neighborhood of Lubbock in the Texas panhandle

The Robert Bruno Steel House in in the Ransom Canyon neighborhood of L...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The architect and sculptor, who died in 2008, spent 23 years building this strange home, which some critics said looks like a giant p... More

"U Lazy S" Carriage, Saddle & Harness House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from West Farm Road 669, South of Post, Garza County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

"U Lazy S" Carriage, Saddle & Harness House, National Ranching Heritag...

Significance: John B. Slaughter registered the "U Lazy S" brand in Palo Pinto County during the Civil War, and ranched in Crosby County, Glasscock County, Utah and New Mexico between 1880 and 1901, when he purc... More

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dickens vicinity, Dickens County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Di...

Significance: The building was constructed about 1895 at the Spur Ranch headquarters in western Dickens County. The Spur Ranch was organized in the early 1880's by A. M. Britton and S. W. Lomax, and was sold to... More

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dickens vicinity, Dickens County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Di...

Significance: The building was constructed about 1895 at the Spur Ranch headquarters in western Dickens County. The Spur Ranch was organized in the early 1880's by A. M. Britton and S. W. Lomax, and was sold to... More

Bairfield School, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Farm Road 262, Clarendon, Donley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Bairfield School, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Farm R...

Significance: Bairfield School was built in the late 1880's near Rushing Bull Springs in Donley County. Built as a box and strip house, the building has since acquired siding. At each corner and on two sides, c... More

Picket & Sotol House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Ozona vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Picket & Sotol House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Oz...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Matador Guest House & Office, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from TX Route 70 vicinity, Matador, Motley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Matador Guest House & Office, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved...

Significance: This structure was built at the turn of the century by the famous Matador Cattle Company, an enterprise owned by Scots. Originally a two-bedroom guest house, it was known as "Scotsman's Dive," a n... More

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Abernathy vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from ...

Significance: In 1891, Joseph James Barton came from the post-oak country south of Waco to the south plains. Barton secured 50 sections of land in the southwest corner of Hale County and founded the T. L. Ranch... More

Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma. "I'm going west because this country's through, there isn't anything here for anyone. I'm going west to Lubbock and Arizona. Last year I worked in the cotton"

Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Ok...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S. 87 vicinity, Mason, Mason County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S....

Significance: The Hedwigs Hill double log cabin represents the second phase of frontier construction, the utilization of two cabins connected by a central passageway, or "dog-run." The cabin was built in the mi... More

Picket & Sotol House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Ozona vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Picket & Sotol House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Oz...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

El Capote Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Seguin vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

El Capote Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Seguin ...

Significance: Jose de la Baume acquired six leagues (27,150 acres) of the Green Dewitt Colony shortly after the Texas revolution. De la Baume's El Capote Ranch was located on the south side of the Guadalupe Riv... More

Masterson Rock Bunkhouse, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Truscott vicinity, King County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Masterson Rock Bunkhouse, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved fro...

Significance: Tradition holds that this native rock building, from eastern King County, was built in 1879 by the "8" Ranch. It was purchased by R. B. Masterson about 1889 and became a part of his "JY" Ranch. Th... More

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Abernathy vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from ...

Significance: In 1891, Joseph James Barton came from the post-oak country south of Waco to the south plains. Barton secured 50 sections of land in the southwest corner of Hale County and founded the T. L. Ranch... More

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Abernathy vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from ...

Significance: In 1891, Joseph James Barton came from the post-oak country south of Waco to the south plains. Barton secured 50 sections of land in the southwest corner of Hale County and founded the T. L. Ranch... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

"Long S" Box & Strip House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Patricia vicinity, Martin County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

"Long S" Box & Strip House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved f...

Significance: This small house was built on C. C. Slaughter's "Long S" Ranch, in northwestern Martin County, Texas, around the turn of the century. It is a fine example of box and strip construction, consisting... More

A statue of rock-'n'-roll legend Buddy Holly, the centerpiece of a walk of fame that honors other West Texas musicians in Holly's hometown of Lubbock, Texas

A statue of rock-'n'-roll legend Buddy Holly, the centerpiece of a wal...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Across the street is a museum devoted to Holly, born Charles Hardin Holley, was killed along with singers Richie Valens and "The Big ... More

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S. 87 vicinity, Mason, Mason County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S....

Significance: The Hedwigs Hill double log cabin represents the second phase of frontier construction, the utilization of two cabins connected by a central passageway, or "dog-run." The cabin was built in the mi... More

Picket & Sotol House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Ozona vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Picket & Sotol House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Oz...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Abernathy vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from ...

Significance: In 1891, Joseph James Barton came from the post-oak country south of Waco to the south plains. Barton secured 50 sections of land in the southwest corner of Hale County and founded the T. L. Ranch... More

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Abernathy vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from ...

Significance: In 1891, Joseph James Barton came from the post-oak country south of Waco to the south plains. Barton secured 50 sections of land in the southwest corner of Hale County and founded the T. L. Ranch... More

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dickens vicinity, Dickens County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Spur-Swenson Granary, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Di...

Significance: The building was constructed about 1895 at the Spur Ranch headquarters in western Dickens County. The Spur Ranch was organized in the early 1880's by A. M. Britton and S. W. Lomax, and was sold to... More

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

George P. Kuykendall House, 2201 Sixteenth Street, Lubbock, Lubbock Co...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: This two story, brick veneer house, designed by W.L. Bradshaw in Spanish Eclectic style was built by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Kuykendall between October 1928 an... More

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S. 87 vicinity, Mason, Mason County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S....

Significance: The Hedwigs Hill double log cabin represents the second phase of frontier construction, the utilization of two cabins connected by a central passageway, or "dog-run." The cabin was built in the mi... More

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S. 87 vicinity, Mason, Mason County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Hedwigs Hill Cabin, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from U.S....

Significance: The Hedwigs Hill double log cabin represents the second phase of frontier construction, the utilization of two cabins connected by a central passageway, or "dog-run." The cabin was built in the mi... More

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Abernathy vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Joseph J. Barton House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from ...

Significance: In 1891, Joseph James Barton came from the post-oak country south of Waco to the south plains. Barton secured 50 sections of land in the southwest corner of Hale County and founded the T. L. Ranch... More

Matador Half-Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dickens, Dickens County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Matador Half-Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Dic...

Significance: Known as "The Dive," this structure was built by J.C. Davis and Charlie Bird on Davis' patent about 1890. Although built relatively late, it is an excellent representation of the earliest plains s... More

Matador Guest House & Office, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from TX Route 70 vicinity, Matador, Motley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Matador Guest House & Office, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved...

Significance: This structure was built at the turn of the century by the famous Matador Cattle Company, an enterprise owned by Scots. Originally a two-bedroom guest house, it was known as "Scotsman's Dive," a n... More

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from North of Snyder, Scurry County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Smith-Harrell House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Nor...

Significance: The original stone room of this house was evidently built by J. K. Smith on section fifty-nine of block three, Scurry County, Texas, in 1883. Two rooms of box and strip construction were subsequen... More

Lubbock, Texas. "Poochy," who attached herself to the post's prison command as a raw recruit only six months ago, now wears the insignia of a master sergeant at the Army flying school

Lubbock, Texas. "Poochy," who attached herself to the post's prison co...

Image source: U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informatio... More

Lubbock County. Historic map, Library of Congress

Lubbock County. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows land ownership. "Copyright 1892 W. L. McGaughey Commissioner of the Genl. Land Office of the State of Texas." "Geo. D. Barnard & Co.. Photo-Litho and Engravers." Two copies. Copy 1 mounted on paper. Copy ... More

Matador Guest House & Office, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from TX Route 70 vicinity, Matador, Motley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Matador Guest House & Office, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved...

Significance: This structure was built at the turn of the century by the famous Matador Cattle Company, an enterprise owned by Scots. Originally a two-bedroom guest house, it was known as "Scotsman's Dive," a n... More

Italian opera singer DCM 1441: William Sherman Haynes Flute in C

Italian opera singer DCM 1441: William Sherman Haynes Flute in C

Embossed keys, ferrules, and embouchure plate edge. This flute was made for the Spanish flutist Manuel Berenguer (see photo 34 in Haynes group, Miller Photograph Collection), first flute of the Chicago Opera an... More

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Seven children and eldest son's family. Father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Son was a tenant farmer. "We're bound for Kingfisher (Oklahoma wheat) and Lubbock (Texas cotton). We're not trying to but we'll be in California yet. We're not going back to Arkansas; believe I can better myself"

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Poss...

Significance: When George R. Jowell returned to Palo Pinto County from a Kansas Trail drive in the mid-1870's and found his log cabin burned by Indians, he built this stone house. Limestone for the structure ev... More

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Jowell Ranch House, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Poss...

Significance: When George R. Jowell returned to Palo Pinto County from a Kansas Trail drive in the mid-1870's and found his log cabin burned by Indians, he built this stone house. Limestone for the structure ev... More

Masterson Rock Bunkhouse, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Truscott vicinity, King County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Masterson Rock Bunkhouse, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved fro...

Significance: Tradition holds that this native rock building, from eastern King County, was built in 1879 by the "8" Ranch. It was purchased by R. B. Masterson about 1889 and became a part of his "JY" Ranch. Th... More

[Letter to Hon. F. R. Lubbock, dated April 28, 1858, on the admission of Kansas as a State. n. p., 19--].

[Letter to Hon. F. R. Lubbock, dated April 28, 1858, on the admission ...

1. Kansas. I. Lubbock, Francis Richard, 1815-1905. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio... More

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Seven children and eldest son's family. Father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Son was a tenant farmer. "We're bound for Kingfisher (Oklahoma wheat) and Lubbock (Texas cotton). We're not trying to but we'll be in California yet. We're not going back to Arkansas; believe I can better myself"

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Italian opera singer Manuel Berenguer, ca. 1870-1930(?)

Italian opera singer Manuel Berenguer, ca. 1870-1930(?)

Inscription: Recto: upper right edge (in black ink) To Mr. Wm. S. Haynes / with best wishes / Manuel Berenguer; verso: center (vertically, in pencil) Page 22; l. l.: (in pencil) Berenguer; l. l. (in pencil) 003... More

"J. A. " Milk & Meat Cooler, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from TX Route 207 & Farm Road 2272, Claude, Armstrong County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

"J. A. " Milk & Meat Cooler, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved ...

Significance: Colonel Charles Goodnight entered Palo Duro Canyon shortly after Indian occupation had ended in the mid-1870's and, in partnership with Englishman John Adair, established the "JA" Ranch. Before th... More

A black and white photo of a dust cloud, Dust storm approaching Lubbock, Texas

A black and white photo of a dust cloud, Dust storm approaching Lubboc...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Capt. H. Macaulay FitzGibbon, 1855-?, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Capt. H. Macaulay FitzGibbon, 1855-?, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Inscription: Recto: l. l.: (photographer's imprint, in gold script) Lafayette / LTD.; bottom center: (in gold) (crown) / Photographers / to the Queen / l. r.: (in gold) LONDON, DUBLIN, GLASGOW, / MANCHESTER & B... More

The Robert Bruno Steel House in in the Ransom Canyon neighborhood of Lubbock in the Texas panhandle

The Robert Bruno Steel House in in the Ransom Canyon neighborhood of L...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

Slaughter Two-Story Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Levelland, Hockley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Slaughter Two-Story Dugout, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved f...

Significance: This unusual structure dates from the 1890's, and served as the Whiteface Camp of the C. C. Slaughter Ranch, west of Levelland. At some time prior to 1912, a box and strip upper level was added, m... More

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Seven children and eldest son's family. Father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Son was a tenant farmer. "We're bound for Kingfisher (Oklahoma wheat) and Lubbock (Texas cotton). We're not trying to but we'll be in California yet. We're not going back to Arkansas; believe I can better myself"

On highway no. 1 of the "OK" state near Webbers Falls, Muskogee County...

Russell Lee originally credited as photographer on file print; corrected May 1998. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. W... More

Renderbrook-Spade Blacksmith Shop, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Colorado City vicinity, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Renderbrook-Spade Blacksmith Shop, National Ranching Heritage Center (...

Significance: Renderbrook Spring in southern Mitchell County was a famous landmark in early west Texas, used by Indians and the U.S. Calvary. The Snyder brothers established a buffalo-hunter's camp at the sprin... More

Lubbock, Texas. "Poochy," who attached herself to the post's prison command as a raw recruit only six months ago, now wears the insignia of a master sergeant at the Army flying school

Lubbock, Texas. "Poochy," who attached herself to the post's prison co...

Public domain photograph related to airlines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bairfield School, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Farm Road 262, Clarendon, Donley County, TX), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Bairfield School, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Farm R...

Significance: Bairfield School was built in the late 1880's near Rushing Bull Springs in Donley County. Built as a box and strip house, the building has since acquired siding. At each corner and on two sides, c... More

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