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[Doctor]

Photo of Dr. John Acers. Photo taken in 1874: Charlie, Texas.
Date: 1874
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

[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
[Confederate States Loan] (open access)

[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

[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

[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

[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

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

[1853 boundaries of the City of Laredo]

Sketch of land leased from the City of Laredo by the United States Government for use of the U. S. Army stationed at Fort McIntosh.
Date: 1853
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
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

[Diana Campbell Parr]

A photograph of Diana Campbell Parr, daughter of privateer James Campbell and wife of Solomon Parr. Mrs. Campbell is wearing a long-sleeved, full-length dark dress with a bow at the neck and gloves.
Date: 1840~/1850
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Henry Wilcox]

A photograph of a sketch of Henry Wilcox, an early settler of Shoal Point. In the sketch, Mr. Wilcox is wearing a dark suit coat, a white shirt and black bow tie.
Date: [1840..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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