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

Photo of an unidentified man in a wagon in front of a farm house somewhere in Anderson County.

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.

Copy negative of the front of a two-story house located at 416 S. Royall in Palestine, Texas. There are people on the porch and in the front yard.

Photo of the Derden house, which was located on US 287 North towards the community of Bethel. This house is no longer there. The Gus Engling Wildlife Preserve is where it once stood.

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.

Photo of an unidentified church in Palestine.

This is a photograph of the second Anderson County Jail. The jail was built on the southwest corner of the courthouse square in 1879-80. It was, at the time, the most architecturally advanced building on the square of Palestine. Its clock tower, rising one floor beyond the two-story sheriff’s office and jail, could be seen all the way to New Town, the part of town near the railroad depot. The jail was used until 1931, when it was considered inadequate for county needs. It was torn down and a more modern structure built, the three-story white brick building that now stands on the site.

Photo of the St. Phillips Episcopal church, which was built c. 1870 on the corner of Crawford and Sycamore Streets in Palestine. It was moved across Sycamore Street about 1909, which is where it sits today.

First Presbyterian Church - Avenue A

John H. Reagan served in many political roles during his lifetime, including: Probate Judge in Henderson County Texas from 1846 - 1847, Representative in the Texas Legislature from 1847-1848, District Judge in Texas from 1852-1857, U.S. Congressman from Texas from 1857-1861, Representative from the Texas Provisional Congress Confederate States of America in 1861, Postmaster General of the Confederacy from 1861-1865, Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederacy in 1865, Delegate to the Convention Framing the Constitution of Texas in 1874-75, once again as U.S. Congressman from Texas from 1875-1887, Senator from Texas in the U.S. Congress from 1887-1891, and last but not least, Chairman of the Railroad Commission in Texas from 1891-1902. He was also among the original commissioners that organized the Texas State Historical Association. He died in March 1905 in Anderson County Texas and is buried in the East Hill section of the Palestine City Cemetery. The certificate is one of the certificates he issued while serving as Postmaster General of the Confederacy. It assigns John Caudle as Postmaster of the Union Mills Post Office, located in Havanna County, Virginia.

Decorated interior of the First Presbyterian Church in Palestine.

Photo of the Congregational Church in Palestine, Texas.

Photo of the interior of the First Presbyterian Church decorated for a wedding.

Decorated interior of the St. Philips Episcopal Church in Palestine.

Photo of the photo of the Panoramic View of Palestine

Photo of the Palestine City Hall.

The Hodges Dry Goods Company was established in 1885 and the building on Oak Street was built in 1892 by A.B. and D.M. Hodges. The building was 50 by 100 feet. At the corner of Oak and N. Magonlia and it was the first business establishment on Oak Street.

Photo of an unidentified woman holding a baby.

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

Photo of an unidentified Church in Palestine.

Photograph of the interior of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Palestine, Texas, showing an altar area surrounded by decorative stained-glass windows and a religious mural.

Photo of the Dilley house located on S. Sycamore. This photo was taken before an addition to the home was constructed. When a later addition was made, the local newspaper stated that he had "Gilded the Lily."