Photo of Nathanial W. Blackshear that was taken about 1891.

Comanche Warrior: Arko. Photo circa 1890, Indian Territory.

Photograph of a Comanche family. There is a man sitting in a chair in the center of the photo, there are two other people standing behind him, and a child leaning on his lap.

Photographer of Indians: S. J. Mankins. Photo taken in 1894: Marlow Indian Territory.

Photograph of Kiowa Belles sitting and wearing native dress.

Photograph of a Kiowa woman with a papoose. She is wearing a patterned covering, and the papoose has a cloth covering.

Photograph of a Kiowa woman with an infant in a papoose. The woman is wearing a cloth covering, and the baby's head is visible.

Photograph of Tivas Brothers. Photo circa 1890, Indian Territory

Photograph of a Kiowa woman, who is wearing a native dress and leaning on a chair.

Photograph of a Comanche Warrior, Moohie Tatsah. He is wearing a traditional suit of his tribe.

Comanche Family: Quanah Parker and two wives. Topay is on the left, and Chonie is on the right. Photo circa 1890: Indian Territory.

Comanche Chief: Quanah Parker. Photo circa 1890, Indian Territory.

Photographer of Indians: W.E. Irwin. Photo circa 1896 - 1898: Chickasha Indian Territory.

Native Americans lined up to get government rations at the Cache Issue Station in Oklahoma (Indian Territory).

Geronimo seated under a brush arbor at a summer camp in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).

L.H. (Mug) Koethe with a young girl wearing a white dress with a bow in her hair.

Portrait of a Native American family. The man is seated and wearing a suit and hat, the woman is standing and wrapped in a traditional Indian blanket. They are both wearing moccasins.

Photograph of Native American man in traditional dress including a feathered fan-like object, moccasins, beads, and a feathered headdress. This photograph features the same backdrop used in many of the Snearly and Kelley photographs.

Photograph of Comanche boy, Sherman Poco, in native dress.

Two Native American women in a portrait with lawman David Monticello "Bud" Ballew. The women are seated and wrapped in traditional Indian blankets. The lawman is standing behind the women and has a bandana around his neck. Both women are Kiowa. Amy Bear is wife of Bert Bear, and Carrie is daughter of Iseeo and wife of White Fox.

Photograph of a Native American woman standing next to her papoose baby. She is wrapped in a traditional Indian blanket.

Photo collage with the 1884 Clay County Courthouse in the center surrounded by Henrietta officials and businessmen around 1890.

Andrew L. Bowers was born in 1852 in North Carolina. Upon moving to Texas, his first job was as a day laborer on an iron bridge at Columbus, TX. He was eighteen years of age. At nineteen he was promoted to foreman, with the Delaware Bridge Company. Afterward, he worked for the railroads, steadily climbing their ranks until he reached the position of Superintendent of Construction for the Northwest division, covering the area from Spring to Fort Worth. He eventually left the railroad, resigning to look after his investments. He became interested in the Salt Works of Palestine, helping to develop that important new enterprise and serving as its first president. He married Nellie O’Connell, on May 31, 1882 in Corsicana. They were the parents of five children: Irene, Mabel, Andrew Jr., Willie, and Bernard. In 1890, the need for a Building and Loan Association became acute in this section, and Mr. Bowers, along with several others, organized the Mechanics’ Building and Loan Association. This was one of the earliest organizations of the kind in the state of Texas. In 1906 he bought from Governor Thomas M. Campbell, a controlling interest in the Palestine National Bank and was made president. …

This photo is of Aquoyote "They Pulled Him off", standing, and Pau-goodl "Red Buffalo", sitting. Kiowa Indian Warriors. Photo circa 1890