Stone perimeter wall at Mission San Jose with wooden door and window.

Photograph of the South side of the Shackelford County courthouse in Albany, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of a longhorn head sculpture by Joe Barrington off of the town square in Albany, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the old US Highway 283 bridge that crosses over the Clear Fork of the Brazos River outside of the Fort Griffin State Historic Site. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of Shackelford County Courthouse in Albany, Texas. This image is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the old bridge for US Highway 281 in Shackelford County, Texas. The old bridge is open to pedestrians and is parallel to the highway. This photograph is stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the gazebo on the courthouse square in Albany, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Palo Pinto County Courthouse, built 1940 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Photograph of a historic marker in Palo Pinto, Texas. It reads: "Jonathan Hamilton Baker (July 13, 1832 - October 18, 1918). Virginia native Jonathan Hamilton "Ham" Baker came to Texas in 1858 with his brother G. W. Baker and his uncle Eli Young. Stricken by malaria while a teacher in Fort Worth, he later moved to Palo Pinto County where his uncle Frank Baker was homesteading. Here he opened a school in Palo Pinto, and soon after helped establish the town's first Methodist Church. In 1859 Baker was chosen to lead a company of local men organized to defend the area against Indian attacks. He first served under Capt. J. R. Baylor and later participated with Capt. Lawrence Sullivan Ross in the recovery of Cynthia Ann Parker, the white woman seized by Comanches in 1836. During the Civil War he served as leader of the home guard. Baker was also an open range cattleman, and in 1869 he began driving his herds to Kansas railheads. Active in local government, he served as Deputy Sheriff, Justice of the Peace, Deputy Postmaster and Clerk of the County and District. In 1890 he moved to Granbury, where he became a successful nurseryman. For …

Pioneer Memorial, Palo Pinto County, back side with map

Dedicated to the honor and memory of the Pioneers and Settlers of Palo Pinto County, unveiled 1957. 1857 -1957 Centennial.

Street scene in Palo Pinto, near the courthouse square.

Photograph of a brown stone building in Palo Pinto, Texas (at 5th and Oak). A road is visible in the foreground, and there is a red truck to the left.

Real Estate Office in Palo Pinto on the corner of Oak and S. 5th Ave., on the courthouse square.

Street scene in Palo Pinto near the courthouse square.

Palo Pinto Fire Department sign

Dedicated to the men and women of Palo Pinto County who have served in all our wars with honor and sacrifice.

Photograph of the arches on the grounds of the Alamo.

Photograph of plaques on the wall of the Alamo, dedicated by the local San Antonio Masons groups to honor the defenders of the Alamo who were Masons. The plaque on the left reads, "Honoring these Masons: James Bonham, James Bowie, David Crockett, Almaron Dickenson, William Barret Travis and those unidentified Masons who gave their lives in the Battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836. Erected by The Grand Lodge of Texas A.F. & A.M. March 6, 1976." The plaque on the right reads, "The Birthplace of Freemasonry in West Texas, This plaque was dedicated January 15, 1946, by Alamo Lodge No. 44 A.F. & A.M. commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the chartering of the lodge and honoring those pioneer Masons of that era who founded the lodge upon this site."

Photograph of the detail of an arched window at the Alamo. Three vertical wooden bars have been set in the window. Behind the wooden bars, glass has been set in. Tourists can be seen through the window.

Photograph of the outside wall of the barracks located on the grounds of the Alamo, located in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph is taken from Alamo Plaza of the outside of the barracks. The front of the Alamo is visible in the background, as well as trees located behind the barracks inside the Alamo grounds.

Photograph of a side view of a monument in front of the Alamo. It includes sculptures of a group of people standing together with several manning a cannon on the left; the space below the sculpture is etched with the Alamo Defender's names. One of the men in the scene is identified as James Bonham.

Photograph of a side view of the Alamo through an archway. A man wearing a baseball cap and pushing a cart full of cleaning supplies walks away from the arch. A girl walks in front of him. The building to the left is roped off.

Walkway with colonnade at the Alamo