Resident W. W. Marlin stands with his dogs outside the wreckage of his home in the Sayreton community of Jefferson County after a tornado struck the area in April 1956. Marlin had converted a water tank into a home, but it was completely destroyed.
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Resident W. W. Marlin stands with his dogs outside the wreckage of his home in the Sayreton community of Jefferson County after a tornado struck the area in April 1956. Marlin had converted a water tank into a home, but it was completely destroyed.