Students raise their hands during a class at Crockett Elementary in Grand Prairie, Texas. Delisse Hardy is the English instructor of a dual instruction class, whereby half of the instruction is in English and the other half in Spanish without separating the students according to language ability.

Nancy Jimenez, a Spanish instructor of a dual class instruction at Crockett Elementary in Grand Prairie, Texas, directs her attention to her third grade students. According to Jimenez this program has a high pedagogical value, but there is also the danger that the students will forget what they have learned after finishing elementary because there is no continuation of dual class instruction.

Delisse Hardy, a teacher at Crockett Elementary in Grand Prairie, Texas, conducts a third grade class. Hardy is the English instructor of a dual instruction class, whereby half of the instruction is in English and the other half in Spanish without separating the students according to language ability.

Photograph of a lady placing a price sign on a variety of vegetables at a farmers market. There are two cargo trucks parked behind the lady.

Photograph of a woman arranging vegetables at a farmers market. There are several cardboard signs shown on the vegetables and cloves of garlic are visible hanging from the roof. There are two trucks parked behind the lady.

Photograph of a woman arranging vegetables at a farmers market. There are two cargo trucks parked behind the lady.

Photograph of a man at a farmers market with buckets of fruit placed in front of him. Two cardboard signs are also shown in the photograph describing the fruit prices.

Photograph of a man at a farmers market with buckets of fruit placed in front of him. Two cardboard signs are also shown in the photograph describing the fruit prices.

Photograph of a lady paying for produce at a farmers market with a plastic bag on her left hand. The employee is handing over a plastic bag to the lady with her right hand while reaching for the payment with her left hand. A variety of vegetables are shown stacked in the photograph and cardboard signs describing prices.

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Photograph of a lady placing a price sign on a variety of vegetables at a farmers market. There are two cargo trucks parked behind the lady.

Photograph of a man at a farmers market with buckets of fruit placed in front of him. Two cardboard signs are also shown in the photograph describing the fruit prices.

Photograph of a man at a farmers market with buckets of fruit placed in front of him. Two cardboard signs are also shown in the photograph describing the fruit prices.

Photograph of a man at a farmers market with buckets of fruit placed in front of him. Two cardboard signs are also shown in the photograph describing the fruit prices.

Sinclair Gasoline building, Albany. Sign says it is for sale or lease, this building has been restored to look like a old style gas station.

Photograph of the doorway to the Blach Building in Albany, Texas. The building is painted green, with red and white trim. There are two plaques to the right of the door that explain what the building is. The words "Shackelford County Tax Office" have been painted in both windows, and papers have been taped into the doors. There is a wooden ceiling fan above the door.

Photograph of the Blach Building in Albany, Texas. The building is painted green, with red and white trim. There are two plaques to the right of the door that explain what the building is. The words "Shackelford County Tax Office" have been painted in both windows.

Photograph of the Blach Building, in Albany. It currently houses the Shackelford County Appraisal District. The front facade of the building is green with red and white trim. There is a historic marker to the right of the building.

Shackelford County Courthouse, erected 1883, architect J. E. Flanders

Photograph of a historic plaque in Albany, Texas. It reads: "Shackelford County. First inhabited by nomadic Indian tribes, Shackelford County was created in 1858 and named for Dr. John Shackelford (1790-1857). The first permanent Anglo-American settlers in this area included J. C. Lynch (1828-1912), a native of Ireland who moved here in 1858; W. H. Ledbetter (1833-84), who arrived in 1859 and later started the Ledbetter Salt Works; T. E. Jackson (b.1820), a merchant who settled in the northern part of the county before 1860; and G. W. Greer (1812-93), who operated a stage station on Hubbard Creek after 1861. During the Civil War (1861-1865), settlers took refuge at "family forts" such as Fort Mugginsville and Fort Hubbard. They gained military protection from frontier perils when the U. S. Army established Fort Griffin in 1867. Griffin, the lawless settlement that grew up around the Fort, attracted buffalo hide hunters and cattlemen driving herds up the western cattle trail. Shackelford County was organized Sept. 12, 1874, with Fort Griffin as temporary county seat. Albany was chosen permanent county seat in Nov. 1874. The county's population increased sharply after the arrival of the Texas Central Railroad in 1881. Petroleum production generated an …

Photograph of the Jackson Warehouse in Albany, Texas. It is a one story wooden building, with a car parked in front.

Photograph of a flier for the official website for the Baker Hotel, in Mineral Wells, Texas. It has been pasted into a window.

Photograph of a historic plaque in Weatherford, Texas. It reads: "Parker County C. S. A. Part of a colonial grant to S. M. Williams and Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas, but with no permanent settlers before 1850, this county was created in 1855 and named for Isaac Parker, its legislative sponsor. By 1860 it had 4,213 people and in 1861 its voters favored secession 535 to 61. Oliver Loving, a settler, was an official stock raiser, furnishing beef to the Confederacy in the Civil War. He and 18 other men organized a full-time patrol against the frequent, bloody Indian raids. Citizens of adjacent counties took refuge here. In 1864 three local men were charged with treason. One admitted inviting Federal General J. G. Blunt to come from the Cherokee nation and give Parker County protection from the Indians. General John R. Baylor, a local rancher, was an officer in the Arizona-New Mexico campaign to make the Confederacy an ocean-to-ocean nation, and after victories there became Governor of Arizona. He was in the Confederate Congress from 1863 to 1865. Parker County sent the Confederate army nine companies. Its Company E, 19th Texas Cavalry, served in Parsons' Brigade--which fought over 20 …

Photograph of a Confederate Memorial in Parker County, Texas. It is a statue of a man in uniform holding a rifle. It reads "In honor of the United Confederate Veterans of Parker County, 1861-1865" on the base of the statue.