Frankly Speaking

At the end of the school year in the spring of 1911, James L. German resigned as president of Lockney Christian College. From that time on, ...

By the time he came to Lockney, not yet thirty years old, German had already traveled widely and established a strong record of academics an...

The summer of 1904 must have been an exciting time in Lockney, Texas. Several issues of the Firm Foundation carried announcements that Lock...

Following five years of successful work as president of Lockney Christian College, G.H.P. Showalter resigned and moved to Bethel, New Mexico...

At least two factors led to the growth of Lockney Christian College during its first few years. In 1895, a local public school closed and mo...

Construction begins for Lockney Christian College 1894 (click for larger view) Among the earliest settlers in Floyd County, Texas, were...

In May of 1875, Quanah Parker, a magisterial figure among the Quahadi Comanches, led more than 400 men, women, and children out of the Texas...

"Although most people usually take it for granted and devote little time to studying or thinking about it, in fact the past is responsi...

Like several of the the other small colleges in northwest Texas, Hereford College had its sports teams. The main sport was baseball. But stu...

To what degree were the Disciples of Christ distinguished from the Churches of Christ before the U.S. Census Bureau listed them separately b...

What follows here is a bit of material I might use in introducing the study of Christian history. . . . What are some reasons for a Christ...

Deaf Smith County Texas "Hereford Will Soon Be the Educational Center of the Plains." The headline of the local newspaper fo...