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[1005 N. Queen - P.A. Kolstad House]

This 2-story frame dwelling is indicative of the kind of house many of Palestine’s more affluent families built during the late 19th century. Stylistically, the house is a hybrid of Italianate and Queen Anne styles, both of which were popular in Palestine during the Victorian area. The pedimented architraves above the windows and the bracketed eaves reflect an influence of the Italianate style, while the turned woodwork of the porch is usually associated with Queen Anne architecture. The origin… more

Date: February 1993

Creator: Goebel, Matt

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Anderson County, Palestine, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Anderson County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.

Date: 1945~/1949~

Item Type: Book

Partner: Private Collection of the Ritchie Family

Oral History Interview with Carlton J. Killgo, March 23, 1972

Interview with Carlton J. Killgo, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Slocum, Texas, who was shot down and captured by German forces. Killgo discusses enlisting in the Air Corps before the war, training and becoming a B-17 crewmember, deployment to England, his missions, getting shot down, capture by German civilians, transfer to Stalag Luft #4, experiences in internment there, liberation by the Soviet Army, and return to the United States.

Date: March 23, 1972

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Killgo, Carlton J.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program