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[Early "California Limited" entering Los Angeles]

Description: One of the early "California Limiteds" entering the suburbs of Los Angeles, possibly dating from the late 1870's. The ten-wheeler, type 4-6-0, heading the train bears an original Santa Fe engine No. 54, indicative of ancient age. At the turn of the century the Santa Fe owned a large fleet of these locomotives: 478 ten-wheelers; these were versatile engines, known as "Jack of all Trades." However, no steam locomotives of this type were built to Santa Fe blueprints later than 1901. Observe the … more
Date: 1870~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[A. Joost - Cheap Cash Store]

Description: This is a photograph of the first building constructed on the courthouse square. It was located where number 601 East Lacy is now located, but it extended over approximately halfway into the lot of the current number 603. This was Alexander Joost's store, known after the Civil War as the "Cheap Cash Store". Joost was an immigrant from France who had an earlier store at Fort Houston. As soon as the site was located for the county seat of the new Anderson County, he bought land there and prepared… more
Date: 1875~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Charles Wesley Street]

Description: Charles Wesley Street, 1835-1905.
Date: 1870~/1879~
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Elizabeth DeBarger McGuire Street]

Description: Elizabeth DeBarger McGuire Street, 1856-1881. She died from tuberculosis at age 24.
Date: 1870~/1979~
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Nellie Ballentine Walker]

Description: Nellie Ballentine Walker as a toddler. She was born February 27, 1872, the daughter of Albert A. and Margaret J. Walker. Albert Walker was a dentist in Paris.
Date: 1875~
Creator: Lynn, S.
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry]

Description: Illinois-native George Mansfield Dilley, the prominent railroad-building contractor who played an instrumental role in the expansion of railroads throughout Texas and the South, established this foundry in 1873, one year after the railroad arrived in Palestine. The George M. Dilley & Son Foundry, located adjacent to the I&GN tracks, at one time contained more than ten buildings. The enterprise manufactured some farm equipment and machinery, but its primary output was gray iron and brass casting… more
Date: 1875~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry]

Description: Illinois-native George Mansfield Dilley, the prominent railroad-building contractor who played an instrumental role in the expansion of railroads throughout Texas and the South, established this foundry in 1873, one year after the railroad arrived in Palestine. The George M. Dilley & Son Foundry, located adjacent to the I&GN tracks, at one time contained more than ten buildings. The enterprise manufactured some farm equipment and machinery, but its primary output was gray iron and brass casting… more
Date: 1875~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Palestine Railroad Mansion]

Description: Photo of what is commonly called a "Railroad Mansion". One of the large homes built by the magnates of the I&GN Railroad. It is not known where this house was located, but it was most likely south of the railroad tracks along S. Sycamore or S. Magnolia streets in Palestine.
Date: 1870~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Second Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: Photo of the second Courthouse that stood in Palestine, Anderson County. It served the county from approximately 1860 until 1885.
Date: 1870~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Spring Street - Palestine]

Description: Photo of Spring Street in Palestine with a view of the railroad tracks and a wooden depot.
Date: 1879~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Unidentified Man]

Description: Photo of an undentified man taken at the Naschke Studio, Galveston Texas. Back of photo reads: "1870 - came to Palestine 1885"
Date: 1870~
Creator: Naschke
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Palestine, Texas]

Description: Photo of Avenue A in Palestine, Texas.
Date: 1875~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[A. Joost - Cheap Cash Store - 601 E Lacy]

Description: This is a photograph of the first building constructed on the courthouse square. It was located where number 601 East Lacy is now located, but it extended over approximately halfway into the lot of the current number 603. This was Alexander Joost's store, known after the Civil War as the "Cheap Cash Store". Joost was an immigrant from France who had an earlier store at Fort Houston. As soon as the site was located for the county seat of the new Anderson County, he bought land there and prepared… more
Date: 1875~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Downtown Elkhart]

Description: Photo of downtown Elkhart made before the town burned down.
Date: 1870~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Trinity River Steamboat]

Description: Photo of one of the steamboats that went up and down the Trinity River from Galveston to Magnolia Landing.
Date: 1870~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Unidentified Men]

Description: Photo of four unidentified men thought to be steamboat captains.
Date: 1870~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Second Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: Photo of the second Courthouse that stood in Palestine, Anderson County. It served the county from approximately 1860 until 1885.
Date: 1870~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

Total Solar Eclipse in Fort Worth (1878)

Description: Photograph of seven astronomers -- Leonard Waldo, R.W. Wilson, J.K. Rees, W.H. Pulsifer, F.E. Seagrave, Alfred Freeman, and A.M. Britton -- with various telescopes set up out-of-doors near a large wooden barn or other structure. According to accompanying information they are on the S.W. Lomax farm, waiting to observe the total solar eclipse that happened on July 29, 1878.
Date: July 29, 1878
Location: 32.743388 -97.335885
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

[Mobeetie Post Office]

Description: Photograph of the Mobeetie post office, the first post office in the Panhandle.
Date: 1878
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Photograph of George Henry Luedde]

Description: Photograph of George Henry Luedde. He wears a button up jacket over a white shirt, and a black bow tie.
Date: 1879
Creator: O. H. Sharp & Co.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of John Lynn Bennett]

Description: Photograph of John Lynn Bennett. He sits on a chair covered in a patterned blanket, and one arm is placed on the back of the chair. He looks to the side, open-mouthed, and wears a white gown.
Date: [1870..1900]
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Jessie Elizabeth Willis at the Age of 12]

Description: Photograph of Jessie Elizabeth "Bettie" Willis, at age 12. She is the daughter of Letitia Barnett Hutchison Willis and Dr. Thomas L. Willis. She later married John R. Rabb in Denton County, TX. She stands next to a chair, resting her hand on its arm. She wears a black dress with a white collar. The photograph has been hand colored.
Date: [1873..1874]
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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