Holy Family Catholic Church

The town of Nazareth first started out as a Irish settlement called Shamrock in 1892. In 1902 Father Reisdorff renamed it Nazareth and brought over some German families. In order to get to Nazareth in the 1900's you had to take a train to Amarillo, Texas. From there one would take the Pecos Valley Train to Hereford, Texas, where W.H. Panzor would take you for a small cost to Nazareth. It would take about five to six hours in a wagon or four hours in a buggy.

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