Photograph of cars parked along and women standing in the street at the Alvarado, Texas town square during a celebration.

Photograph of cars parked along and women standing in the street at the Alvarado, Texas town square during a celebration.

Photograph of cars parked along and women standing in the street at the Alvarado, Texas town square during a celebration.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about ten thousand settlers assembling for the 64th annual Johnson County Old Settlers Reunion. The video shows spectators and performers at Alvarado's town square.

Photograph of the Johnson County Courthouse tower in Cleburne, Texas. A clock with roman numerals can be seen at the top of the tower.

Photograph of three young horses on Wayne Bell's ranch in Burleson, Texas. The horses are crowded together in the left of the image.

Photograph of Johnson County Courthouse in Cleburne, TX. A street runs alongside occupied parking spots in front of the courthouse's left side, meeting another street in the photo's bottom right corner which sits next to the right side of the courthouse. At the corner of the courthouse where the two streets meet is a streetlight on a pole, currently set to red. The streetlight stands on a concrete square with a sign at its left end, which reads "One way" with a right-pointing arrow. The concrete square connects to sidewalks that extend off along either side of the courthouse, passing by the bushes and trees that cluster around the corner of the courthouse. The building itself is rectangular in shape with a section on its left side that projects outward from the building a short distance. The courthouse is made of stone blocks along its base while the walls above are made of orange bricks accented in places by white stone. The stone base level of the building has one row of small windows while the level above the base has one row of similarly sized windows and sits at the same height as the front door, which is centered …

Photograph of the staircase inside the Cleburne Courthouse. The steps of the stairs have triangular carvings, and the railings are carved with geometric patterns.

Photograph of the staircase inside the Cleburne Courthouse. The steps of the stairs have triangular carvings, and the railings are carved with geometric patterns.

Photograph of Dovie Derrick posing in the doorway of an old building.

Photograph of an overgrown and weathered marble monument in the Joshua graveyard. The photo shows a marker with a pillar and an urn connected by a framed base with grass growing between them.

Photograph of Joshua Graveyard in Joshua TX. The photo includes various granite and marble headstones and monuments. Two large trees stand out in the background along with a headstone of darker stone reading "Cronkrite".

Photograph of a marble gravestone that reads "Joseph." The photo includes an oval recess with an angelic figurative relief sculpture at its center.

Photograph of a marble twin pillar arched gravestone at a cemetery in Joshua, TX. The monument belongs to the Smyth family with the wife on the left living between 1835 and 1896 and her husband from 1823 to 1916. The photo includes a large live oak tree and other family marble and granite markers including Hart, Hill and Huff.

Photograph of a close-up of a headstone in the Joshua graveyard. The photo includes a carved white marble maker chiseled with a recessed cross and the phrase "Of Your Charity" leaned against a more weathered stone with a date ending with -96.

Photograph of a large red cedar tree with irises growing around it in a cemetery in Joshua, Texas. The photo includes small arched headstones scattered in the area surrounding the tree.

Photograph of rusted Branding Irons from the UNT Museum Collection on display at Russel Farm Art Center 2023. Along with the branding irons is a photograph of a man and his mule.

Photograph of rusted Branding Irons from the UNT Museum Collection on display at Russel Farm Art Center 2023. Along with the branding irons is a photograph of a man and his mule.

Photograph of rusted Branding Irons from the UNT Museum Collection on display at Russel Farm Art Center 2023. Along with the branding irons is a photograph of a man playing the fiddle.

Photograph of rusted Branding Irons from the UNT Museum Collection on display at Russel Farm Art Center 2023. Along with the branding irons is a photograph of a man playing the fiddle. In front of the wall of branding irons is a chair, a cowboy hart and carrots.

Photograph of rusted Branding Irons from the UNT Museum Collection on display at Russel Farm Art Center 2023.

Photograph of rusted Branding Irons from the UNT Museum Collection on display at Russel Farm Art Center 2023.

Photograph of rusted Branding Irons from the UNT Museum Collection on display at Russel Farm Art Center 2023.