Texans You Should Know is a series highlighting overlooked figures and events from Texas history. “Mystery Woman’s Identity Sought,” read the provocative front-page headline of The Childress Index on May 13, 1979. The story printed in the Texas Panhandle–based paper included a black and white photograph of the person in question. Shot outdoors, it depicts a slender female of around forty years of age. The creases in her face are a chronicle of worry, toil, and wind. She raises her arm against the glare of a relentless sun, her hand gripping her forehead. She is clad in a dress of rough fabric, recycled from some other use. The edges of its neck and sleeves are frayed; a small hole splits the side below her arm. Her expression…
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