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[600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry]

Illinois-native George Mansfield Dilley, the prominent railroad-building contractor who played an instrumental role in the expansion of railroads throughout Texas and the South, established this foundry in 1873, one year after the railroad arrived in Palestine. The George M. Dilley & Son Foundry, located adjacent to the I&GN tracks, at one time contained more than ten buildings. The enterprise manufactured some farm equipment and machinery, but its primary output was gray iron and brass casting… more

Date: 1875~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry]

Date: 1875~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Downtown Elkhart]

Photo of downtown Elkhart made before the town burned down.

Date: 1870~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[A. Joost - Cheap Cash Store]

This is a photograph of the first building constructed on the courthouse square. It was located where number 601 East Lacy is now located, but it extended over approximately halfway into the lot of the current number 603. This was Alexander Joost's store, known after the Civil War as the "Cheap Cash Store". Joost was an immigrant from France who had an earlier store at Fort Houston. As soon as the site was located for the county seat of the new Anderson County, he bought land there and prepared… more

Date: 1875~

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[A. Joost - Cheap Cash Store - 601 E Lacy]

Date: 1875~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Main Street - Elkhart]

Photo of Main Street, Elkhart.

Date: 1870~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Palestine Railroad Mansion]

Photo of what is commonly called a "Railroad Mansion". One of the large homes built by the magnates of the I&GN Railroad. It is not known where this house was located, but it was most likely south of the railroad tracks along S. Sycamore or S. Magnolia streets in Palestine.

Date: 1870~

Partner: Palestine Public Library