Photograph of a family on the lawn of the A.S. Fox home, located at 411 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. There are two young girls wearing light-colored dresses, standing on the left side of the image and looking at a spouting fountain in the yard; a man is standing on the right side of the image, holding a toddler. The house is visible in the background. It is a two-story, light-colored building with two chimneys and a widow's walk on the room, as well as a wrap-around front porch with woodwork. A woman is standing on the porch looking toward the camera. A smaller, more ornate building is also visible on the far left of the image.

Close-up photograph of the southeast corner of the "Broyles House," a 2 ½-story frame house with Queen Anne-style architecture, located at 1305 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas.

Photograph of the front and south side of the "Broyles House," a white, 2 ½-story frame house with Queen Anne-style architecture, located at 1305 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas.

Photo of some farmer working in the fields somewhere in Anderson County. It is unknown who Mrs. Melba Wallace is or how she is connected to this picture.

Barbershop Quartet in Palestine Texas.

Photo of the interior of the Bratton Drug Company, downtown Palestine.

This is a picture of the first Centenary Methodist Church. It was built around 1884 and was in use until sometime around 1910, when a new building was constructed at 422 S. Magnolia.

This is a picture of the first Centenary Methodist Church. It was built around 1884 and was in use until sometime around 1910, when a new building was constructed at 422 S. Magnolia.

Photo of Central School, Palestine, Texas.

Photo of a collage of photos of the different homes located in Palestine.

Photo of downtown Anderson County during the late 1800's.

Photo of the Dr. and Mrs. Isaac Mitchell Broyles family on their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Top row - left to right: William Broyles Dilley Broyles (boy) William Register Lizzie Broyles Register Second Row: Delia Broyles Issac Mitchell Broyles Mrs. I.M. Broyles Unknown (woman with baby0 Unknown (baby) Ed Hayth Bottom Row: Lois Broyles Unknown (woman) Unknown (man) Unknown (woman)

Photo of the East Fire House, home of the Hope Hook and Ladder Company, Palestine.

Copy print of the front of the First Presbyterian Church, located at 410 Avenue A in Palestine, Texas. It is a brick building with stone accents that has a Gothic architecture design including leaded stained glass and Tiffany memorial windows. There is a tall spire above the tower on the left side of the building. A note on the original photograph says "Palestine, Tex. Photo by Geo.A. McDonald." A note under the original photograph says "M-15 Presbyterian Church."

Gathering of unknown people at the home of John H. Reagan. The only identified person in this picture is John Reagan himself, seated in the rocking chair on the left side of the picture.

Gathering of unknown people at the home of John H. Reagan.

Photo of the George Wright home, which was located in the 900 block of S. Sycamore. It was demolished when the Memorial Hospital was built.

Photo of the George Wright home, which was located in the 900 block of S. Sycamore. It was demolished when the Memorial Hospital was built.

Thomas Mitchell Campbell was born on 22 April 1856 at Rusk Texas, the son of Thomas Duncan and Rachel Moore Campbell. He entered Trinity University (then located at Tehuacana) to study law in 1873, but dropped out after one year. He took a job in the Gregg county clerk's office and studied law at night. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and first hung his shingle in Longview. There he stayed until he was appointed a master in chancery for the I&GN Railroad in 1889. In 1891 he moved his family to Palestine. That family consisted of his wife Fannie Irene Bruner and his five chileren. He resigned from the Railroad in 1897 and returned to private law practice in Palestine, becoming active in the Democratic party. At ex-governor Hogg's urging, he decided to run for governor and was elected and spent two terms in office from 1907-1911. Upon leaving the governorship, he returned to private law practice in Palestine, but remained active in Democratic politics. He ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1916 and served on the exemption board for World War I. He died in Galveston on 1 April 1923 and is buried in …

Group of unidentified people gathered around and on a fire truck parked in front of the Redlands Hotel, which is located at 400 N. Queen Street in Palestine, Texas.

Photo taken from the intersection of Main and N. Sycamore streets looking westward down Main.

Photo of John Bethune McDonald, Susie Freeman McDonald, and Brice N. McDonald.

Photo titled "An Outing on the Lake at Elkhart Mineral Wells, Anderson Co., Tex."

Photo of a Locomotive and it's crew in Palestine.