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Trinity River: Lock and Dam #1

Lock and Dam #1
Date: July 26, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trinity River: Lock and Dam #1

Lock and Dam #1
Date: July 26, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trinity River: Lock and Dam #1

Lock and Dam #1
Date: July 26, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trinity River: Lock and Dam #1

Lock and Dam #1
Date: September 26, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sabine-Neches Canal Guard Lock]

Sabine-Neches Canal, Texas, Guard Lock. View looking upstream, showing excavation for head bay walls; plant, etc. February 26, 1914.
Date: February 26, 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sabine-Neches Canal, Texas, Guard Lock.]

Sabine-Neches Canal, Texas, Guard Lock. View looking down stream, showing excavation for head bay walls. February 26, 1914.
Date: February 26, 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sabine-Neches Canal, Texas, Guard Lock.]

Sabine-Neches Canal, Texas, Guard Lock. View looking upstream showing excavation for head bay wall, east side. February 26, 1914.
Date: February 26, 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sabine-Neches: S.N. Guard Lock

S.N. Guard Lock
Date: February 26, 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman County Courthouse

Photograph of the Kaufman County Courthouse. An American flag flies from the building, and cars are parked in front of the building.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Historic Plaque, Colonel Isham Chisum

Photograph of a historic plaque. It reads "Colonel Isham Chisum (1818-1884) One of the leading early citizens of Kaufman County. Represented the county in Texas Secession Convention, Jan. - March 1861. Later in 1861, he fought in Confederate Cavalry of Col. Tom Green in New Mexico campaign. As Colonel of 2nd Partisan Rangers, Walker's Division, fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill (La.), in Red River campaign to prevent a Federal invasion of Texas in 1864. A cousin of Jesse Chisholm, who pioneered famous Chisholm Cattle Trail, and of cattle baron John Simpson Chisum, Col. Chisum married Charlotte Martin. They have many descendants in Texas. (1971)"
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

First National Bank, Kaufman

Photograph of the First National Bank in Kaufman. It has four columns in front of the entrance. The two innermost columns have signs on them. The left sign reads "Gift shop" and the other says "Tea room".
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Memorial, Kaufman County

Photograph of a Confederate monument. It reads: "Erected to the memory of the Confederate Soldiers by the people of Kaufman County, 1861-1865." At the top of the monument, there is a carving of two pistols crossed.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Memorial, Kaufman County

Photograph of a Confederate Memorial in Kaufman County, Texas. It is a tall monument, with a statue of a soldier carrying a rifle at the top of it. There is a carving of a pair of crossed rifles under the statue, and text around the base of the monument.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Henderson County Courthouse, Athens

Photograph of a family posing outside the Henderson County Courthouse.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Henderson County Courthouse, a lovely seasonal fall display

Photograph of a lovely seasonal fall display with pumpkins, flowers, cornstalks, and hay bales, arranged around a tree outside the Henderson County Courthouse.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

War Memorial, Henderson County

War Memorial, Henderson County. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1979. Placed during the tenure of Judge Winston Reagan 1971-1991. Commissioners Court, Jim Blakeney Prec. 1, Fred Box, Prec. 2, Weldon Featherston, Prec. 3, Leland Tarrant, Prec. 4.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

War Memorial, Henderson County

War Memorial, Henderson County.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Navy Recruitment Sign

Navy Recruitment Sign on the grounds of the Henderson County Courthouse. "Navy. It's not just a job, it's an adventure."
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Historic Plaque, Courts Under the Oaks

Photograph of a historic marker. It reads: "Courts Under the Oaks. Henderson County was established in 1846, the year after Texas was annexed by the United States. In 1850, after previous reductions in the county's original size, the present boundaries were set by the Texas Legislature. The restructuring resulted in the need for a new county seat, and the legislature appointed a Commissioners Court to select possible sites and to conduct an election that would determine the permanent seat of government. The voters chose the property of Matthew Cartwright, a prominent east Texas landowner, for the townsite of Athens in Samuel Huffer's survey for the new County seat. This site was set aside as the public square. Before a courthouse was constructed here, early district court sessions were conducted on the square under a large shady oak tree. The first district court term, held in October 1850, was presided over by Judge Oran M. Roberts, later a Texas Supreme Court Justice and Governor of the State. Cases he heard included charges of murder, larceny, gambling, defaulting jurors and assault and battery. Begun before the development of Athens, the Courts under the Oaks reflected the democratic goals and ideals of the …
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Henderson County Courthouse, Athens

Photograph of the Henderson County Courthouse.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Time capsule on the grounds of the Henderson County Courthouse

Time Capsule. Athens, Henderson, Texas. Buried July 4, 1976, to be opened July 4, 2076. So you might better know us.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sculpture of a fiddler on the grounds of the Henderson County Courthouse

County Judge Winston Reagan Commissioner Pct. I - Jim Blakeney Commissioner Pct. II - Fred Box Commissioner Pct. III - Cleburn Shavor Commissioner Pct. IV - Joe Young A Sesquicentennial Project J. R. (Bob) Pickle County Chairman Dedicated to the Athens Fiddlers Association Bob McGee - Chairman
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L. & Stewart, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History

Henderson County Courthouse, Athens

Photograph of the Henderson County Courthouse, built 1913 by Architect L. L. Thurman
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cherokee County Peace Officers Memorial

Photograph of the Cherokee County Peace Officers Memorial. It reads: "Lest we forget, This monument is dedicated to all the men and women who have served and who will serve Cherokee County. Their devotion and sacrifice for peace, law enforcement, safety and justice will not be forgotten. Dedicated 1994. Bill Brunt, Aug. 3, 1939; Dean Chapman, Dec. 31, 1954; Roscoe Lee, June 30, 1979; Randy Zimmerman, Oct. 2, 1992; William Clark, killed 1883; H. Floyd Hooker, July 21, 1913."
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History