Some old photos of Reeves Co.

Pecos0002.JPG (222919 bytes)

Pecos, Texas

This picture was taken by Omer Divers, Sr. circa 1916
Donated by Omer Divers, Jr.

Some info from Omer Divers, Jr.

The Mint Cafe is where my Uncle Bob Lewis use to have coffee. My 
mother Alice Vivian Grissom lived in Pecos with her two sisters Kate 
Taylor and Mary Jewell on their fathers farm. Grandfather Robert 
Franklin (Bob) Grissom and grandmother Electra Christian (Hall) 
Grissom and their daughters are all at Fairview.

 

06 Baptist Church Toyah, TX 1904.jpg (25833 bytes)

Baptist Church, Toyah Texas 1904

05_Public_School_Toyah_TX_1911.jpg (22871 bytes)

Toyah Public School - 1911

03 odell girls sewing class-jenny and gertie at front machines.jpg (25495 bytes)

Odell girls sewing class - Jenny and Gertie at front machines

04 gertie odell by ta dick odell's barber tent at balmorhea.jpg (26119 bytes)

Gertie Odell by T. A. 'Dick' Odell' barber tent in Balmorhea

05 parade, probably pecos.jpg (26026 bytes)

A parade, probably in Pecos

02 balmorhea.jpg (37509 bytes)

Balmorhea street scene

01 balmorhea school scene 1905-10, with charles whitehead and assorted odell children.jpg (28825 bytes)

Balmohea school circa 1905 - 10 with Charles hite head and assorted Odell children

Red Bluff.JPG (20375 bytes)

This must be a deversion dam built in the Davis Mountains by Mr. Smith's grandfather.

For more info on the Odell family check this web site:

Smith~Oatman~Murray~Odell

pictures donated by Bill Smith of Sandeson, Texas

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