Photograph of an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (A.T.S.F.) green wooden baggage cart. It's wheels and handles are rusty. It is located at the Railway Museum of San Angelo.

Photograph of an officer's quarters at Fort Concho. It is a stone building with a large front porch.

Photograph of cavalry barracks 1 and 2 at Fort Concho. A tall building with a red roof can be seen in the background near Texas and American flags, and a white truck is parked between the two barrack buildings.

Photograph of the long covered porch of Cavalry Barracks 1 at Fort Concho. The porch is made of wood, and the building to the left is made of stone.

Photograph of the long covered porch of Cavalry Barracks 1 at Fort Concho. The porch is made of wood, and the building of stone. There are benches up against the wall to the left. Other buildings can be seen beyond the porch.

Close-up view of flower and lily pads at the George Julien Bird Memorial Fountain, on the grounds of the Tom Green County Courthouse grounds.

Photograph of the George Julien Bird Memorial Fountain, on the Tom Green County Courthouse grounds.

Photograph of the Masonic Lodge in San Angelo, across the street from the Cactus Hotel. A blue flag hangs from the second floor, and a car is parked in front of the building.

Gateway of San Jose Mission in San Angelo. This replica was built by parishioners in the 1950s.

Old San Jose Mission in San Angelo. This replica was built by St. Joseph's parishioners in the 1950s.

San Jose Mission in San Angelo. This replica was built by parishioners in the 1950s.

Old San Jose Mission in San Angelo. This replica was built by parishioners in the 1950s.

San Angelo City Hall, designed by Henri Trost, completed in 1928.

The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts with a roofline created to resemble a Conestoga wagon. Designed by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Architects and opened in 1999.

The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts with a roofline created to resemble a Conestoga wagon. Designed by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Architects and opened in 1999.

Sante Fe train depot in San Angelo

Sante Fe train depot, San Angelo.

Sante Fe train depot in San Angelo

Texas Theatre in San Angelo

Tom Green County Courthouse

Tom Green County Courthouse, detail of facade and building engraving

Historic plaque. "Original Tom Green County on transcontinental trail of California Gold Rush. Until 1846 a part of Bexar Land District, Republic of Texas. Private tracts were surveyed as early as 1847. German emigration company colony (90 mi. SE) had grants here, but in 1840s found Indians blocking settlement. Butterland Overland Mail managers lived in stands in area, 1858-61. R. F. Tankersley family established a permanent home in 1864 in future Tom Green County. By 1874 there were five settlements here, including Bismarck Farm, a colony of 15 German immigrants. The County (12,756 sq. mi., 10 1/2 times as large as state of Rhode Island) was created in 1874, and named for heroic Gen. Green (1814-64), a state official and gallant Texas soldier. After a decade of progress, the original Tom Green County began losing outlying areas. Midland County - halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso on newly opened Texas & Pacific Railway - was created in 1885. Settlers remote from San Angelo petitioned for new counties in 1887, and the Texas Legislature created Crane, Loving, Upton, Ward adn Winkler. Coke and Irion Counties were cut out of Tom Green in 1889. Ector and Sterling were created in 1891. …

Veterans Memorial, Tom Green County, erected 1967.

Wall sculpture, created by Remo Scardigli, on building at corner of Beauregard and Irving, San Angelo. Features sheep, a longhorn, horses, an oil derrick, cotton and a cowboy boot. This building is the former Hemphill-Wells department store, and the future home of the Tom Green Co. Public Library.