Photograph of a family standing outside of a small white house.

Photograph of six boys standing on the station platform at the original Mesquite train depot.

Photograph of the Lawrence family standing outside of their home in Missouri. The family includes an older couple, a woman, and a man with a horse.

Photograph of a building and yard with a sign that says "Wagonyard Drive In," a man and a horse in the yard and a woman on the balcony of the building.

Portrait of a man wearing a suit and bow tie.

Portrait of Bob Chatman wearing a suit and tie.

Portrait of a young man wearing a suit and tie, with a handwritten note on the back of the photo that says "J. K. Smith of Shadeygrove, Texas, Upshur Co."

Portrait of a man in a suit sitting in a chair, with a woman in a dark dress standing next to him. "Mrs. Lawrence" is written on the back of the photo.

Portrait of R. S. Kimbrough, Texas Senator and founder of The Texas Mesquiter newspaper.

Portrait of Sarah Emma (Nancy) Lawrence wearing a dark dress with a white ruffled collar.

Portrait of S. D. Lawrence and Louisa Porter Lawrence with their two young children.

Portrait of the Walker family, including Ed, Lizzie, John, Louis, and Louisa Walker.

Portrait of four women standing around a table with items displayed on it. One of the women is Janie Walker.

Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.

Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.

Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.

Photograph of a wagon being pulled by a team of twenty mules. The wagon is traveling in a mountainous area of a desert.

Photograph of two men standing on a small ferry boat that is crossing a river. A small wooden dwelling can be seen on the bank behind them.

Photograph of Bertha Christine Knudsen Andersen, a young woman born April 3rd, 1869 who came to Texas in 1895, and married Mads Andersen in 1896. She died November 30th, 1941, and was buried at Danevang Lutheran Cemetery in Danevang, Texas.

Photograph of a man in a dark military uniform. This man is Hans Berndt.

Portrait of Louisa Walker Lawrence wearing a dark dress with a high, ruffled collar.

Portrait of the Pepper Family, including L. S. (father), Johanna (mother), Mamie (born 1870), Abe (born 1867), Lena (born 1868), Henry (born 1872), Ike (born 1877), Lula (born 1882), and Rosalie (born 1879).

Tintype portrait of Stephen Decatur Lawrence sitting in a chair and wearing a suit.

Portrait of Oscar Lehman at age 19 with a mustache and wearing a suit and tie.