History · Balmorhea
Balmorhea’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Balmorhea. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
3old images & papers
3recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Balmorhea was platted in 1906. Its founders were Ernest D. Balcom, H. R. Morrow, and John and Joe Rhea; the town's name is an amalgamation of their surnames.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1930s3 items · RestaurantLOC
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRestaurant, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10By decade
Balmorhea, decade by decade
1930s3 items
1940s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Restaurant (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.