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[Engraving of Stephen F. Austin]
Engraved portrait of of Stephen F. Austin. The image is round, in the center of a larger page, and Austin is visible from the chest up.
Date:
December 16, 1836
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Original Platmap of the City of Palestine, TX]
In 1846 the Texas Legislature created Palestine to serve as seat for the newly established Anderson County. James R. Fulton, Johnston Shelton and William Bigelow were hired by the first Anderson County commissioners to survey the surrounding land and lay out a town site, consisting of a central courthouse square and the surrounding 24 blocks.
Date:
1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freedmens First Vote
Photograph of the first Anderson County Courthouse on the day of the Freedmen's First Vote. The voters' horses are tied to the railing and the Union guards watching over them to prevent opposition from taking or harming them.
Date:
1866~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Sentinel Newspaper Building]
A photograph of the building that house The Sentinel newspaper in Rusk, Texas.
Date:
1870~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[St. Phillips Episcopal Church]
Photo of the St. Phillips Episcopal church, which was built c. 1870 on the corner of Crawford and Sycamore Streets in Palestine. It was moved across Sycamore Street about 1909, which is where it sits today.
Date:
[1870..1909]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Levi Hurbrough]
Levi Hurbrough served as Palestine’s first Mayor after the civil war, his term running from 1871 until 1872.
Date:
1871
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gideon Gooch]
Gideon Johnson Gooch was born on April 3, 1844 and served as Mayor of Palestine from 1872 until 1873. He died on January 31, 1906 and is buried in the East Hill Section of the Palestine City Cemetery.
Date:
1872
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Confederate States Loan]
A bond dated July 1872, guaranteeing "the sum of Fifty Dollars with Interest to be paid the the bearer of this bond, at the seat of government or such place of deposit as may be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury". It has John H. Reagan, Postmaster General of the Confederacy's photograph on it.
Date:
July 1872
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[W. M. Lacy]
W. M. Lacy served as Mayor of Palestine from 1873 until 1874 and then again from 1887 until 1889.
Date:
1873
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[S. N. Pickens]
S. N. Pickens served as Mayor of Palestine from 1874 until 1878 and then again from 1880 until 1883.
Date:
1874
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["New Town" Palestine, Texas]
Photo of "New Town" (the part of town near the railroad tracks) taken about 1874-75.
Date:
1874~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[301 S. Magnolia - Bowers Mansion]
Photograph of the north and east sides of the "Bowers Mansion" located at 301 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story house that has Victorian Italiante-style architectural elements (including a small cupola with bracketed eaves and narrow, paired windows), and a two-tiered porch with Queen Anne-style turned- and jigsawn- wood trim. This photo was taken from the corner of south Magnolia and west Bowers streets.
Date:
[1878..1955]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[William Young Lacy]
William Young Lacy, son of Martin and Dorothy (Dolly) Young Lacy, wa born on March 20, 1814 in Caldwell County, Ky. (His headstone reads that he was born in 1912) He attended college in Kentucky, but when his parents and other family members prepared to move to Texas, he was called home to accompany them. William lived in San Augustine, then moved with his family to Bean’s Saline in what is now southwest Smith County. He served in the Army of the Republic in East Texas and then became a surveyor, serving as deputy surveyor of East Texas by appointment from President Houston. After the war for Texas Independence was over, he was in the frontier service, engaged in warding off Indian attacks in the area. He took part in the one noted Indian battle of the area, the Kickapoo fight which occurred in northeast Anderson County. William’s father was a friend of Peter Elias Bean of Nacogdoches. William met and married Louisa, the daughter of Peter Bean in 1841. She died shortly after the marriage and in 1845 William married Ann Eliza Lindsay. Ann Eliza was a native of Guilford County, N.C.. She had been brought to Texas by …
Date:
1878
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Palestine Texas]
This is a photo of Front Street (now known as Spring Street) which runs along the railroad tracks in Palestine, Texas. It was taken about 1880.
Date:
1880~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Third Anderson County Courthouse]
Copy print of the third Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story brick building with stone accents and a taller tower on one corner. A gazebo is visible on the grounds, to the right, and several unidentified people are standing near one corner of the building. The words "Court House, Palestine, Texas" are written across the top of the image.
Date:
[1885..1916]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Colonel George R. Howard]
Colonel George Robert Howard was born on June 6, 1818. He married Cornelia Cox and they came to Palestine from Tennessee in 1849. Given the title of Colonel when he organized a company of men during the Civil War, he later served in the Texas Legislature, held several county offices and was Mayor of Palestine from 1886-1887. Colonel Howard was an active merchant in Palestine and in 1855 his store was located on the east side of the courthouse square. Their home, now referred to as “The Howard House” by local residents, is located at 1101 N. Perry Street. It was built in 1851 on land deeded to Colonel Howard from Judge Reuben Reeves on August 17, 1850. He died on December 28, 1900 and is buried in the Old section of the Palestine City Cemetery.
Date:
1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jane Pells]
Photograph of Jane Pells. This photo was included in the Pells-Trotter collection of photos and memorabilia which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date:
1887
Creator:
Bailey Photography
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Palestine Fire Department Band]
Photo of the Palestine Fire Department Band taken in the Old Town section of Palestine, around the courthouse square around 1890-1900.
Date:
[1890..1900]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Temple Opera House - Palestine, Texas]
Photo of the Temple Opera House which was located on the corner of Avenue A and Oak Street in downtown Palestine. As per the 1898-1899 city directory, the manager was a man named W.E. Swift. The building has since been destroyed.
Date:
[1890..1905]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nathanial W. Blackshear]
Photo of Nathanial W. Blackshear that was taken about 1891.
Date:
1891
Creator:
E.F. Brockmeyer - Studio Angelo
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Frank Huffsmith]
Frank Huffsmith was born on January 7, 1853 and served as Mayor of Palestine from 1893 until 1897. He died on February 3, 1900 and is buried in the East Hill section of the Palestine City Cemetery.
Date:
1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Unidentified Lady Playing a Banjo]
Photo of unidentified woman playing a banjo. Back of photo ways Feb 1893 - Palestine.
Date:
February 1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Company A, 2nd Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army]
This group does not contain the entire membership of the Company, which is much regretted, but only those whose pictures could be obtained thirty years after the war. The Company was raised by Captain Peter Hardeman about the middle of April, 1861, in the Counties of Houston, Anderson, Cherokee and Nacogdoches, calling for twenty-five men from each of the Counties, and marched immediately to San Antonio, where the regiment was organized and mustered into the State service on May 17th, 1861. In a few days after this, this Company, with a part of the regiment, started on the expedition to Arizona and New Mexico, and returned to San Antonio in the summer of 1862, when the regiment, being again brought together, was reorganized and served until the close of the war in Texas and Louisiana and was disbanded in June 1865. This company being among the first troops called for, was composed mainly of boys and young men, with a few middle-aged men, several of the boys being only fifteen years old. All were good, true, noble and loyal soldiers from the rise to the fall of the Confederacy - J. C. J. King - Captain, Co. A., 2nd Texas …
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Andrew L. Bowers]
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. …
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History