Color oil Portrait of Roy Durie. Mr Durie is wearing gray felt cowboy hat, black tie, white shirt with pearl buttons, black rim glasses, gray cowboy cut suit, leather embossed belt, gold belt buckle, Texas shaped belt clip, and gold watch chain

Official 1962 general highway map of Bosque County, Texas showing major state and county roads, streams and rivers, towns, and other landmarks.

The Santa Fe's attractive and well maintained depot at Amarillo, Texas.

Main rail lines approaching the Dallas Union Station from the south.

One of the nation's finest railroad terminals: Dallas Union Station which is served by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, known as Amtrak, and soon to be served by commuter trains, operating between Dallas - Fort Worth and other North Texas points. The station is owned by the City of Dallas and represents an investment and modernization aggregating fifteen million dollars.

Photo of an unidentified Group of People

Photo of the O'Neill Hotel and Coffee Shop, which was located at 313 Spring Street, Palestine. It was actually the third hotel to sit on the site. In 1873, following the coming of the railroad to town, the Laclede Hotel was built there, but was destroyed by fire in 1876. The following year, a Dr. Manning of Oakwood erected a brick building known as the International Hotel on that location. It was purchased in 1882 by Col. George Burkitt who turned over operations to Mrs. Emma Nolen. During her tenure, the property was known as the Nolen Hotel, but when she moved to St. Louis, Col. Burkitt himself took over the management. That building was razed in 1922 and the "new" O'Neill, maiden surname of Burkitt's Irish born mother, was constructed on the site. The O'Neill boasted not only hot and cold running water in its guest rooms, it was also equipped with an electric Otis elevator and a radio receiving set on the mezzanine for entertainment of the hotel's guests. When Texas Gov. Ross Sterling declared martial law in the East Texas Oil Fields and ordered the National Guard to take it over and shut-in all wells, the O'Neill …

Photo of the old Memorial Hospital, which is located on the corner of S. Sycamore and Angelina Streets in the south side of Palestine. This building still stands, but no longer houses a hospital. It remains vacant as of the end of 2007.

Photo of Danny Vance 1962 graduate of Palestine High School

Photo of an unidentified group of people

Photo of an unidentified group of people

Photo of students from Palestine High School posing on the steps to Palestine High School.

Photo of the Palestine Railroad Y. M. C. A. before it burned.

Photo of Johnnie Bell Ballard

Photo of former Sheriff of Anderson County, Roy Herrington, standing with former Texas Governor John Connelly and C.O. Miller.

Photo of workers picking cotton in Anderson County.

Photo taken at the Reunion of the Palestine High School "Queens" - 20th Anniversary of the Senior Coronations - 1941-1961

Photo of an unidentified man and Osjetea Briggs.

Palestine High School Wildcats football team when they won the State Championship in 1964.

Missouri - Kansas - texas Railroad's beautiful Spanish Mission style depot in the "Alamo City" in May 1962. This was the San Antonio home of the KATY's famous trains, the "Texas Special", "The Bluebonnet" and "The Katy Flyer"

Photograph of the front and south sides of the "Lucas-Davey House," a white, two-story Queen Anne-style home located at 722 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. Distinctive features include the asymmetrical massing, a richness in details and materials and superb craftsmanship. There are trees and bushes around the house, obscuring the porch and first floor.

Top Photo is of the Swift and Company Cottonseed and Oil Mill which was once located in Palestine. The bottom photo is of Bonner Frizzell accepting the plaque for being named to the Anderson County Council of Honor.

Top Photo is of the Swift and Company Cottonseed and Oil Mill which was once located in Palestine. The bottom photo is of Bonner Frizzell accepting the plaque for being named to the Anderson County Council of Honor.

Photo of an unidentified child.