Photograph of the "Welcome to West Columbia" sign. The sign reads, "Home of Kathryn Grandstaff Crosby," and "Site of the First Capitol of The Republic of Texas (1836 Old Capitol Building)." "Visit - Varner Hogg State Park. There is a park ranger standing next to the sign.

Photograph of Shelby County Courthouse in Center, TX. A parking lot sits in front of the courthouse with multiple parked vehicles, with two men standing next to a white car near the center of the lot. One man wearing pants, shoes, a jacket, and a tie, all in black, with a white shirt leans against the driver's side door of the car while facing a shorter man dressed entirely in black including shoes, pants, a long-sleeved shirt, and a hat. Beyond the parking lot, grass surrounds the courthouse and contains multiple trees with little foliage, a wooden bench under a tree to the left, and a stone slab which sits upright at the end of the walkway that leads to the courthouse's entrance. The slab's only clearing markings are "WOW" at its top. A flagpole rises behind the slab while a white clock on a short white column sits a short distance to its right. The courthouse building is made of red bricks and has red shingles on its A-frame roof, with one sloping side facing the camera. The entrance to the courthouse sticks out from the rest of the building slightly as it too faces the camera, and has …