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[St. Michaels Catholic Church]
St. Michaels Catholic Church off Highway 148 S. Photo circa 1890: Bluegrove, Texas.
[Team of Horses: Yellow Cat and Dodge]
John Wesley Harding with a team of horses: Yellow Cat and Dodge. Photo circa 1890: Byers, Texas.
[Temple Opera House - Palestine, Texas]
Photo of the Temple Opera House which was located on the corner of Avenue A and Oak Street in downtown Palestine. As per the 1898-1899 city directory, the manager was a man named W.E. Swift. The building has since been destroyed.
[J.P. Earle Home]
J.P. Earle Home. Photo taken in 1888: Henrietta, Texas.
[Longhorn Herd]
Longhorn herd. Photo taken in 1888: North of Henrietta, Texas.
[Jane Pells]
Photograph of Jane Pells. This photo was included in the Pells-Trotter collection of photos and memorabilia which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
[Colonel George R. Howard]
Colonel George Robert Howard was born on June 6, 1818. He married Cornelia Cox and they came to Palestine from Tennessee in 1849. Given the title of Colonel when he organized a company of men during the Civil War, he later served in the Texas Legislature, held several county offices and was Mayor of Palestine from 1886-1887. Colonel Howard was an active merchant in Palestine and in 1855 his store was located on the east side of the courthouse square. Their home, now referred to as “The Howard House” by local residents, is located at 1101 N. Perry Street. It was built in 1851 on land deeded to Colonel Howard from Judge Reuben Reeves on August 17, 1850. He died on December 28, 1900 and is buried in the Old section of the Palestine City Cemetery.
[Card dated 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order]
Card dated November 9, 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order. Sent to an address in Laredo, Texas from H. O'Neill & Company in New York City.
Clay County Courthouse Clock Tower
Clock tower on the Clay County Courthouse.
[Doctor]
Photo of Dr. and Mrs. S.G. Bittick. Photo circa 1885: Henrietta, Texas.
[Harrison Schwend]
Photo of Harrison Schwend who was a peace officer in Henrietta and Wichita Falls for 30 years and died in Henrietta in 1924. Picture circa 1885: Henrietta, Texas.
Henrietta Street - Horse Race
Harness (horse) racing through a street in Henrietta around 1885.
[Third Anderson County Courthouse]
Copy print of the third Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story brick building with stone accents and a taller tower on one corner. A gazebo is visible on the grounds, to the right, and several unidentified people are standing near one corner of the building. The words "Court House, Palestine, Texas" are written across the top of the image.
[W.A. Roundtree]
W.A. Roundtree playing the violin while sitting. Picture circa 1885 in Henrietta, Texas.
[W.A. Roundtree Family and Home]
W.A. Roundtree family and home. Picture circa 1885 in Henrietta, Texas.
[Clay County Court House]
Clay County Court House. Photo taken in 1884: Henrietta, Texas.
[Knights of Pythias Bandmaster]
Knights of Pythias Bandmaster: C.B. Hilburn. Photo taken in 1882: Henrietta, Texas.
Plano de los Dos Laredos
Plat of the 'two Laredos' (Laredo, Texas and New Laredo, Mexico) from January 1881. The map appears to be a cadastral map with numbered (and lettered) lots in both cities, likely showing ownership. Some streets are labeled as well as Fort McIntosh (noted as a "U.S. Military Reservation") in Laredo and the Campo de Marte in Nuevo Laredo.
[1st Postmaster]
1st postmaster: J.J. Moon. Photo circa 1880: Henrietta, Texas.
[B.F. Yantis Mill]
B.F. Yantis Mill. Photo circa 1880. Henrietta, Texas.
[Dr. A.B. Edwards]
Dr. A.B. Edwards. Photo taken in 1880: Henrietta, Texas.
[Henrietta First School House]
Henrietta first school house. Teacher of the first school house was W.F. "Babe" Cobb. Photo taken circa 1880: Henriettal, Texas.
[J.Tack Douthitt Residence]
Douthitt Family. Photo circa 1880: Henrietta, Texas.
[Judge W.B. Plemons Family]
Judge W.B. Plemons and family.
[Palestine Texas]
This is a photo of Front Street (now known as Spring Street) which runs along the railroad tracks in Palestine, Texas. It was taken about 1880.
[Rev. S.E. Moore Family]
Rev. S.E. Moore Family: Frank, Lillie, Lottie, Ollie, Rev. S.E. Moore, Mamie, Marvin, Marry Capps Moore, Will, Edna, and Robert Moore. Photo circa 1880: Shannon, Texas.
[301 S. Magnolia - Bowers Mansion]
Photograph of the north and east sides of the "Bowers Mansion" located at 301 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story house that has Victorian Italiante-style architectural elements (including a small cupola with bracketed eaves and narrow, paired windows), and a two-tiered porch with Queen Anne-style turned- and jigsawn- wood trim. This photo was taken from the corner of south Magnolia and west Bowers streets.
[Clay County Jail]
Clay County Jail. Photo taken in 1878: Henrietta, Texas.
Henrietta's First City Council
The men of Henrietta's first City Council in 1878 sitting around a table with books on it.
[William Young Lacy]
William Young Lacy, son of Martin and Dorothy (Dolly) Young Lacy, wa born on March 20, 1814 in Caldwell County, Ky. (His headstone reads that he was born in 1912) He attended college in Kentucky, but when his parents and other family members prepared to move to Texas, he was called home to accompany them. William lived in San Augustine, then moved with his family to Bean’s Saline in what is now southwest Smith County. He served in the Army of the Republic in East Texas and then became a surveyor, serving as deputy surveyor of East Texas by appointment from President Houston. After the war for Texas Independence was over, he was in the frontier service, engaged in warding off Indian attacks in the area. He took part in the one noted Indian battle of the area, the Kickapoo fight which occurred in northeast Anderson County. William’s father was a friend of Peter Elias Bean of Nacogdoches. William met and married Louisa, the daughter of Peter Bean in 1841. She died shortly after the marriage and in 1845 William married Ann Eliza Lindsay. Ann Eliza was a native of Guilford County, N.C.. She had been brought to Texas by her maternal grandmother, Priscilla Saunders Beeson, after the death of her parents. The Beeson’s were a prominent Quaker family from Guilford and Randolph Counties, N.C. The Lacy families remained at Fort Lacy until about 1860 when they moved to Palestine, where William Young was involved with farming and merchandising. He served as Mayor of Palestine from 1878 until 1880 and again from 1883 until 1885. Some say that he actually served three terms in office, but I was unable to verify this. William and Ann Eliza were the parents of nine sons, but only three lived to adulthood. One of …
[David Craig Patton Family]
David Craig Patton Family: David Craig Patton and Susan Elizabeth Moore Patton. Photo taken in 1876: Cambridge, Texas.
[Hahn House]
Hahn House. Photo circa 1875: Cambridge, Texas.
[Doctor]
Photo of Dr. John Acers. Photo taken in 1874: Charlie, Texas.
[S. N. Pickens]
S. N. Pickens served as Mayor of Palestine from 1874 until 1878 and then again from 1880 until 1883.
["New Town" Palestine, Texas]
Photo of "New Town" (the part of town near the railroad tracks) taken about 1874-75.
[W. M. Lacy]
W. M. Lacy served as Mayor of Palestine from 1873 until 1874 and then again from 1887 until 1889.
[Confederate States Loan]
A bond dated July 1872, guaranteeing "the sum of Fifty Dollars with Interest to be paid the the bearer of this bond, at the seat of government or such place of deposit as may be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury". It has John H. Reagan, Postmaster General of the Confederacy's photograph on it.
[Gideon Gooch]
Gideon Johnson Gooch was born on April 3, 1844 and served as Mayor of Palestine from 1872 until 1873. He died on January 31, 1906 and is buried in the East Hill Section of the Palestine City Cemetery.
[Levi Hurbrough]
Levi Hurbrough served as Palestine’s first Mayor after the civil war, his term running from 1871 until 1872.
[The Sentinel Newspaper Building]
A photograph of the building that house The Sentinel newspaper in Rusk, Texas.
[St. Phillips Episcopal Church]
Photo of the St. Phillips Episcopal church, which was built c. 1870 on the corner of Crawford and Sycamore Streets in Palestine. It was moved across Sycamore Street about 1909, which is where it sits today.
Freedmens First Vote
Photograph of the first Anderson County Courthouse on the day of the Freedmen's First Vote. The voters' horses are tied to the railing and the Union guards watching over them to prevent opposition from taking or harming them.
[1853 boundaries of the City of Laredo]
Sketch of land leased from the City of Laredo by the United States Government for use of the U. S. Army stationed at Fort McIntosh.
[Original Platmap of the City of Palestine, TX]
In 1846 the Texas Legislature created Palestine to serve as seat for the newly established Anderson County. James R. Fulton, Johnston Shelton and William Bigelow were hired by the first Anderson County commissioners to survey the surrounding land and lay out a town site, consisting of a central courthouse square and the surrounding 24 blocks.
[Diana Campbell Parr]
A photograph of Diana Campbell Parr, daughter of privateer James Campbell and wife of Solomon Parr. Mrs. Campbell is wearing a long-sleeved, full-length dark dress with a bow at the neck and gloves.
[Henry Wilcox]
A photograph of a sketch of Henry Wilcox, an early settler of Shoal Point. In the sketch, Mr. Wilcox is wearing a dark suit coat, a white shirt and black bow tie.
[Engraving of Stephen F. Austin]
Engraved portrait of of Stephen F. Austin. The image is round, in the center of a larger page, and Austin is visible from the chest up.
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