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[First Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of side view of a courthouse in Childress, Texas. The courthouse is a wood frame structure in the center of a desolate area. There are a few other buildings and structures scattered in the background. The foreground consists mostly of dirty and grass.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Shoenail Cook, Bill Stone and Family]

Description: Photograph of the family of Bill Stone, the long-time cook at the Shoenail Ranch. The family is sitting in two rows on rocks on the side of a hill. From the left sits Bill stone and his wife Lee Stone. Next to them on the right hand side sits their daughter, Nellie Mae, holding her youngest son, baby William, and her husband, Hugh Hassell. In the front row sits Nellie Mae and Hugh Hassell's children (from left) Emma Stone, Rose Stone, and Floyd Stone.
Date: 1909
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Cowboys of the OX Ranch]

Description: Photograph of a group of cowboys sitting cross legged on the grass during a meal. There are a few pots scattered around and behind the cowboys on the far right and there is a wagon in the background. Some of the cowboys are holding plates and eating utensils in their laps.
Date: 1898
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Cattle Roundup on Crews Brother Ranch]

Description: Photograph of a heard of cattle running across an open field. There is an automobile and a man standing on the horizon.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mark Hanna Photo
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Crews Ranch Cowboys, Early 1900's]

Description: Photograph of eight cowboys on horseback. They are completely equipped with their ranching gear and posing in front of a heard of cattle.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Railroad Office Employees on and around a Steam Engine in the Shop Yards]

Description: Photograph of several railroad office employees posing on and around a steam engine. The group is comprised of both men and women. There are two other sets of railroad tracks in the foreground of the photograph, in front of the posing group.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Childress Railroad Shops Store Department Employees]

Description: Photograph of several railroad shop store department employees. This group mostly consists of adult men but there are two adolescent boys in the front of this small crowd. The group is posing in front of an unidentifiable brick building.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Childress Shop Yards Built in 1910]

Description: Photograph of railroad shop yards in Childress, Texas. There are two sets of train tracks, one smaller than the other, with various buildings and structures in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[The Railroaders Who Make Them Roll]

Description: Photograph of four men and the railroad conductor posing in front of a steam engine. The train is labeled number 67 and is carrying a single car. There are buildings along the side of the train tracks.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fort Worth & Denver City Roundhouse Built at Childress Shop Yards in 1910]

Description: Photograph of the Forth Worth & Denver City Railroad roundhouse and shop yards in Childress, Texas. This photograph contains two images. The top image is of the roundhouse and the bottom image is of the shop yard. The roundhouse is made of brick and mortar and is surrounded by several train tracks and wheels. The shop yard is full of buildings, structures, and steam engines labeled "Fort Worth & Denver".
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[The Train That Brought FDR to Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a steam engine traveling across an open field. There are parked cars waiting along both sides of the train tracks and the drivers are waiting outside their cars. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is a passenger on the train according to the handwriting on the edge of the photograph.
Date: 1938
Creator: Stanford Studio
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[And the Shriners! Ready to Roll!]

Description: Photograph of Shriners and a marching band on and in front of a steam engine train. There is a sign on the train labeled "El Mina Temple, Galveston".
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Second Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a multi-story courthouse. There are several people, horses, buggies, and wagons surrounding the courthouse.
Date: 1891
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[The Era of the Steam Engine Would Soon End]

Description: Photograph of seven steam engines lined in a row on a railroad track. The first steam engine is labeled number 402. There are poles in the background and weeds in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Second Childress Courthouse Burnt within Less Than One Year]

Description: Photograph of the remains of a courthouse that has been destroyed by a fire. A few men are posing in front of the courthouse on foot and on horses. One man is sitting in a wagon.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mebb Studio
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[The "Silver Chief" Texas Zephyr]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Zephyr known as the "Silver Chief". The zephyr is traveling along the Fort Wort & Denver- Burlington Route. There is another set of train tracks in front of the moving zephyr and power lines are present in the top right hand corner of the photograph. The name "Silver Chief" is visible on the side of the zephyr.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[The First Diesel Engine in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of boxcars being pulled by a diesel engine train. The train tracks are located in a barren area and there is a railroad sign on the far right hand of the photograph.
Date: 1937
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a mother and daughter riding in a buggy that is driven by one horse. In the background is the third courthouse of Childress, Texas. The horizon is barren but there are another building close to the courthouse as well as a long fence.
Date: November 1894
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Cowboys Riding Mules]

Description: Photograph of four cowboys on a ranch. Each cowboy is posing on a mule and are equipped with their rancher gear. The second cowboy from the left is Andy Scott and the last cowboy on the right is Reese Barton.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fourth Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the fourth courthouse built in Childress, Texas. This current version of the county courthouse is surrounded by trees and a parking lot filled with parked cars. Large white clouds are scattered throughout the sky.
Date: unknown
Creator: Webb Photo
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Chow Time for the Shoenail Ranch Cowboys]

Description: Photograph of a group of cowboys on a ranch during lunch time. There are ten adult men and two young boys posing along two wagons with cooking and eating utensils scattered all around them.
Date: unknown
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
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