Lamar’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lamar. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Lamar was laid out in 1856. It was named for Mirabeau B. Lamar, second president of the Republic of Texas. The city suffered multiple attacks by rebels during the Civil War.
On May 28, 1919, a 28-year-old white man, Jay Lynch, was lynched in Lamar for the murders of Barton County Sheriff John Marion Harlow Jr., and his son, Dick.
Lamar was considered to be a sundown town prior to the Civil Rights era.
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Start Lamar’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lamar’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMoody Ford Bridge, Spanning North…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lamar
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Lamar, decade by decade
2000
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1 historic place in Lamar
1 place in Lamar is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Moody Ford Bridge, Spanning North fork of Spring River at CART Road 432 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.