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[Crescent City Saloon]

Description: Photograph of men standing outside the Crescent City Saloon on the corner of Fourth and Front Streets in Orange, Texas.
Date: August 18, 1888
Location: 30.091175 -93.733222
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[N.R. Royall]

Description: N. R. Royall
Date: 1888
Creator: Bailey
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

First Courthouse in Lipscomb

Description: Photograph of the first courthouse in Lipscomb, Texas. In the foreground is a field with tall grass and brush. The courthouse has a wooden fence around it and part of it is brick. On either side of the courthouse are two nearby houses and trees. Behind it is a windmill. Written on the photograph at the bottom is, "CourtHouse Lipscomb County 1887".
Date: 1887
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[1885 Fire Wagon]

Description: Photograph and description of Orange's volunteer firemen standing by a fire wagon in 1885. This is the oldest known picture of an Orange scene.
Date: 1885
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Employees of T. Bancroft and Sons Shingle Mill]

Description: Employees of T. Bancroft and Sons Shingle Mill, Orange, Texas. Photo was taken in front of Dry Kiln at the rear of the mill in 1885. Top Row: George W. Bancroft, McKinley, Edwin "Tiny" Rosenbaum, Bob Mickelborough. George W. Curtis, Jim Fuller, Cal Bonneau, Edward Rosenbaum. Middle Row: E.W. Bancroft, Al Anderson, Trav Smith, Ashborn, Jim Childers, W.H. Ogden. Bottom Row: Palmer, Pombeff, Milton Holley, John Dupont, John Taylor, Mark Godwin, Eli Davis, Will McKinley, Joe Signoret, Trahan.
Date: 1885
Creator: The Fox Co.
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Palestine Brass Band]

Description: Photo of a brass band that was based in Palestine in the mid 1880's. Left to right: - Dillar P.A. Kolstad Prof Armenda John Hunter Lee Wallace P. Burkett Ezell A.O. Lovely Michen Micheaux J.B. McKnight James Swinney - Olsen
Date: 1885~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Third Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: In 1885, Palestine, like most of the country, was in the midst of a depression, complicated by a series of railroad strikes, so there was little new construction. However, Anderson County had to have a new courthouse because the old one was literally falling down. And they were determined to have the finest and most up-to-date building that could be constructed. The Architect that was hired was William C. Dodson of Waco and building commenced in June of 1885 after demolition was completed on th… more
Date: [1885..1916]
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Third Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph 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. There are saddled horses along the fence in the foreground.
Date: 1885~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Third Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: In 1885, Palestine, like most of the country, was in the midst of a depression, complicated by a series of railroad strikes, so there was little new construction. However, Anderson County had to have a new courthouse because the old one was literally falling down. And they were determined to have the finest and most up-to-date building that could be constructed. The Architect that was hired was William C. Dodson of Waco and building commenced in June of 1885 after demolition was completed on th… more
Date: 1885~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Third Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of an ornate building identified as the Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, Texas. In the foreground, the lawn has been landscaped. In 1885, Palestine, like most of the country, was in the midst of a depression, complicated by a series of railroad strikes, so there was little new construction. However, Anderson County had to have a new courthouse because the old one was literally falling down. And they were determined to have the finest and most up-to-date building that could … more
Date: 1885~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[The White Way - Spring Street - Palestine]

Description: Photo of Spring Street in Palestine, nicknamed "The White Way" because of the streetlights running down the center of the road.
Date: 1885~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Caroline McGuire Street]

Description: Caroline McGuire Street, born Jan 2, 1880.
Date: 1884~
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Caroline McGuire Street]

Description: Caroline McGuire Street, born Jan 2, 1880.
Date: 1884~
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Pearl U. McComas]

Description: Pearl U. McComas, about 1883. Pearl was the daughter of Arthur McComas and Kate Hale McComas of Paris.
Date: 1883~
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Caroline McGuire Street]

Description: Caroline McGuire Street, born Jan 2, 1880.
Date: 1882~
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Caroline McGuire Street]

Description: Caroline McGuire Street, born Jan 2, 1880.
Date: 1882
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Thomas McGee Scott]

Description: Thomas McGee Scott, 1881-1941.
Date: 1882~
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Caroline McGuire and Caroline McGuire Street]

Description: Caroline McGuire Street, born Jan 2, 1880, and her Aunt Caroline McGuire, who raised young Caroline after her mother died when she was 18 mos. old.
Date: 1881~
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Caroline McGuire Street]

Description: Caroline McGuire Street, born Jan 2, 1880.
Date: 1881
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Ad for Silliman Hardware & Grocery Co.]

Description: Ad, which was in the Palestine Daily Herald for Silliman Hardware and Grocery Company, a business in Palestine which was founded in 1871. It was one of the largest hardware stores in the region toward the end of the 19th century. Proprietor was John H. Silliman and he and his family resided at 638 S. Magnolia.
Date: 1880~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Amende School]

Description: Amende School was a private girls school which was located in Palestine before the advent of free public schools.
Date: 1880~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Collage of Photos Concerning Christopher Columbus Rogers]

Description: A page about Christopher Columbus Rogers, a late-19th century marshal and gunfighter in Palestine, Texas. At top is a photo of a storefront in Palestine on Spring Street circa the 1880s; at bottom left a portrait of Rogers; and at bottom right a pistol he supposedly killed nine men with, beneath which is a brief description.
Date: 1880~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission
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