Photo on top half of the pictures is of the Second Ward School - Palestine, Texas. Bottom half is the students that attended class there.

This building housed the Palestine Ice, Fuel and Gin Company, It was located on the corner of Spring and Houston Streets in Palestine.

Photo of an unidentified womantaken at Terry's Studio, Palestine, Tex.

Photo on the bottom half are students that attended the Second Ward School in Palestine. Some of their names are as follows: Evelyn Brown Carrie Parker Hensley Black Elise Jackson Annie Davis Willis Watkins Lelia Dublin Louie Hassell Mary Dunlap Alice McNaughton Iris Waters Claude Williams John G. Winston The photo on the top half of the photo is the actual school.

This is a photo of the last official hanging that took place in Anderson County around 1904.

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

Spring Street in the "new-town" section of Palestine during the early 1900's.

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

Photo of the interior of Storch Butcher Shop, later known as the Schuh Meat Market, in Palestine. The store was located in the 100 block of West Spring Street.

This building was the home of the Young Mens Business Association, which later became the Palestine Chamber of Commerce. It was located on Spring Street (once known as Front Street) in the "new town" section of Palestine, which was along the railroad tracks. This picture was probably taken in the early 1900's.

Photo of the railroad garden that was once situated between the railroad tracks and Spring Street in the "New-town" section of Palestine.

This is a photo of the last official hanging that took place in Anderson County in 1904.

Barbershop Quartet in Palestine Texas.

This building housed the Palestine Ice, Fuel and Gin Company. It was located on the corner of Spring and Houston Streets in Palestine.

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 …

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

Photo of the Temple Opera House which was located on the corner of Avenue A and Oak Street in downtown Palestine. As per the 1898-1899 city directory, the manager was a man named W.E. Swift. The building has since been destroyed.

Poster from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, organized at Fort Jarvis, New York, December 1st 1873. Joshua A. Leach Founder. There was a chapter of this union in Palestine at the turn of the century.

Photo of two unidentified ladies. Photo was taken by the Mouzon Studio, Palestine, Texas.

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

Spring Street in the "New-town" sectino of Palestine during the early 1900's.

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 building housed the Palestine Ice, Fuel and Gin Company. It was located on the corner of Spring and Houston Streets in Palestine.

First Grade Class of the Third Ward Public School, Mrs. DeVany, Teacher, March 19, 1909