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[Second Ward School]

Description: Photo on top half of the pictures is of the Second Ward School - Palestine, Texas. Bottom half is the students that attended class there.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Unidentified Man 03461]

Description: Photo of an unidentified man in a wagon in front of a farm house somewhere in Anderson County.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Palestine Ice, Fuel, Gin Co.]

Description: This building housed the Palestine Ice, Fuel and Gin Company, It was located on the corner of Spring and Houston Streets in Palestine.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Unidentified Woman]

Description: Photo of an unidentified womantaken at Terry's Studio, Palestine, Tex.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Derden House - Bethel Texas]

Description: Photo of the Derden house, which was located on US 287 North towards the community of Bethel. This house is no longer there. The Gus Engling Wildlife Preserve is where it once stood.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Second Ward School Students and Teacher]

Description: Photo on the bottom half are students that attended the Second Ward School in Palestine. Some of their names are as follows: Evelyn Brown Carrie Parker Hensley Black Elise Jackson Annie Davis Willis Watkins Lelia Dublin Louie Hassell Mary Dunlap Alice McNaughton Iris Waters Claude Williams John G. Winston The photo on the top half of the photo is the actual school.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Unidentified Church]

Description: Photo of an unidentified church in Palestine.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Anderson County Jail]

Description: This is a photograph of the second Anderson County Jail. The jail was built on the southwest corner of the courthouse square in 1879-80. It was, at the time, the most architecturally advanced building on the square of Palestine. Its clock tower, rising one floor beyond the two-story sheriff’s office and jail, could be seen all the way to New Town, the part of town near the railroad depot. The jail was used until 1931, when it was considered inadequate for county needs. It was torn down and a mo… more
Date: 1900~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[St. Philips Episcopal Church - Palestine]

Description: 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.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[John H. Reagan]

Description: John H. Reagan served in many political roles during his lifetime, including: Probate Judge in Henderson County Texas from 1846 - 1847, Representative in the Texas Legislature from 1847-1848, District Judge in Texas from 1852-1857, U.S. Congressman from Texas from 1857-1861, Representative from the Texas Provisional Congress Confederate States of America in 1861, Postmaster General of the Confederacy from 1861-1865, Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederacy in 1865, Delegate to the Conventio… more
Date: 1900~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Hodges Dry Goods Company]

Description: The Hodges Dry Goods Company was established in 1885 and the building on Oak Street was built in 1892 by A.B. and D.M. Hodges. The building was 50 by 100 feet. At the corner of Oak and N. Magonlia and it was the first business establishment on Oak Street.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Palestine Public Library
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