The author - Burt C. Blanton - stands on the open platform of the Clinchfield Railroad's Office Car No. 100, which is located on a siding adjacent to the passenger depot at Erwin, Tennessee. The time is noon, Sunday, June 10, 1979. This was a modern car with a complement of conventional equipment. The exterior was painted dark green. The cars letterboard bore the name "Clinchfield" plus the number 100 positioned on either side, centered below the windows, all in gold leaf. There was a gold stripe near the car's base, running along each side and across the rear-end platform. Office Car No. 100 was formerly an Atlantic Coast Lines dining car bearing the name "Orlando" and the car was rebuilt in the Clinchfield's Erwin Shops.

Photo of an Anderson County road with Dogwoods in bloom on both sides of it.

Photograph of the audience of the 75th Anniversary presentation by Yvonne Sutherlin and Hugh Reeder. The picture was taken from the back of the room, facing the stage, where a skit is being performed.

Photograph of the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the First Christian Church. Yvonne Sutherlin and Hugh Reeder, "Old Timers" discuss the "old times" on stage in a theatrical skit.

Close-up photograph of Dogwood blooms in Anderson County.

Photo of a young girl in Davey Dogwood Park near Palestine during the Dogwood Festival.

Photo of one of the roads in Davey Dogwood Park near Palestine during the Dogwood Festival.

Photo of Dogwoods located in front of the Howard House - 1011 N. Perry Street - Palestine

Photo of the dogwood trees blooming near the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, viewed from the northeast, on Queen Street in Palestine, Texas.

Photo of the Dogwoods blooming in the front yard of the Carnegie Building. This building housed the Palestine Public Library until 1985.

Photograph of a replica of the original Pilgrim Church, built near the later brick church just outside of Elkhart, Texas. It is a one-story log building and the wooden front door is open. A Texas Historical Commission plaque is posted on a stone to the right of the building; the Pilgrim Cemetery is partially visible in the background.

Photograph of a rock house, in poor condition, with decorative moulding for front porch roof and pillars, and the yard is enclosed by short metal fence. To the right of the front walkway is a metal pole, poplar tree, and an illegible yard sign.

Photograph of a home mostly obscured by trees, a hedge borders the yard, and a mailbox is to the left of the front walkway opening.

Photograph of an adobe home in poor repair with two front doors, a front porch, and a dirt driveway. An extension of the home or a separate building is visible to the right and behind the main house.

Photograph of an adobe home in poor repair with a front porch; home is viewed from across the overgrown lawn.

Photograph of a seemingly well kept house built using adobe and plaster with two entry doors and a front porch. View is from across the mowed yard.

Photograph of a one story adobe home with blue roof, two chimneys, and vines growing down from the eaves; view is from across the street.

Photograph of a stand alone store front building in poor repair located on a small triangle lot between two streets. The structure was built in early 1900s, possibly American-Western style.

Photograph of a seemingly well kept adobe and plaster house with a short wall fence, slightly overgrown with plants, enclosing the yard and trees. The foreground includes a gravel patch between the street and the wall fence.

Photograph of a two story brick building with a wooden staircase to a second story entrance. The yard is grass near the house, but mainly dirt / sand with a scattering of plants in the foreground. Behind the house is a street with two cars along a forested area.

Photograph of a stone and brick two story building; a partial view of a wooden structure (possibly staircase) against the left side of the building. Small areas of grass are against the building prefaced by a gravel area by the street.

Photograph of a square, one story building with the front door covered by a small rounded roof and flanked by bushes; no front walkway exists. A yellow pick up truck is visible parked behind the house, to the left.

Photograph of a two story adobe home, built in 1885, with a covered walkway, and double-decked porch with built-in solid banister. An uncovered walkway extends from the street to the house where a roof begins and follows along each side of the house. The yard is mostly grass with five bushes spread along both sides of the home with a street lamp positioned between the two left bushes.

Photograph of a two story building with a rock faced first story and a, possibly plaster, second story. Two story tall columns and bushes flanking the front door which is under a tiny metal balcony extending from a second story door.