COMANCHE

Above: J.W. Green’ s Store 1884.  Left: Early square photo.

Comanche citizens gather on the square on November 11, 1918 to celebrate the end of World War I

Comanche County Court House built in 1890.

Ice Storm Thanksgiving Night Nov. 28, 1919.  The De Leon-Comanche football game had been played earlier that day and the De Leon team truck got stuck at the Sabano.  The team eventually made it to a dinner that evening served by the coaches’ wives.  The neighborhood scenes are around the home of Dr. Paine (upper left).

The old Cora County Court House, claimed to be the oldest standing courthouse in Texas

Comanche County Court House before 1890

Comanche’s first fire department about 1890.  Bottom Row (L-R): John Ramsey, Rufe Turner, Joe Verbert, Charlie Rancier, Bob Drake (Fire Chief), C.M. Moore, E.W. Harris, Charilie McPhail.  Top (L-R):  Henry Carter, Fred Paine, Ira Tunnel, Bob Moore, Gayle Talbot, Frank Holmsley.

Fred Paine in his Comanche Fire Department uniform in a photo taken for his mother’s Christmas present 1893.