This volume discusses the history of Cherokee County including its communities, geography, and major events. The statement on the dedication page says: "This book is the story of Cherokee County from its earliest days through its founding and development and the achievements of its people to the present -- its rich heritage from its founders, its lasting contributions to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America. This book highlights Cherokee County's place in time" (p. iv). Index starts on page 707.
Copy negative of the First Presbyterian Church orchestra outside the entrance of the church. A piano and the pianist, Jewel Newton Brown, occupy the center of the photograph, and three members of the orchestra are seated on either side of it. On the left, a woman holding a violin is seated between a man holding a violin and a man holding a clarinet. A woman sits to the immediate right of the piano. Next to her is a man holding a horn, and the man next to him holds an upright bass. A baritone horn sits atop the piano.
Copy negative of three men working at a dry cleaners. A label at the bottom of the photo reads "Lattimore & Petty Dry Cleaners and Dyers. 'Not the Biggest but the Best.'"
Copy negative of an early Jacksonville Orchestra, in the home of W. A. Newton. Pictures hang on the walls; one of them is of Zelvin Newton. This photograph is behind the seated guitarist. A piano is behind the orchestra, on the right of the room. Several orchestra members hold guitars or banjos. On the left, Mr. W. A. Newton stands while Mrs. W. A. Newton is seated in front of him. In no order, the rest of the orchestra consists of Walter Newton, George "Pete" Newton, Mozell Newton, Janie May Newton, Jewel Newton, and Claude Shamblin.
Copy negative of a logging team at Jerry Liles' Sawmill in Ponta. A man wearing a cowboy hat sits on a wagon, behind a team of four horses, who pull a wagon full of logs. The team stands at rest in front of a log cabin.
Copy negative of a class of Gallatin School. In the front row, sitting left to right, are Curtis Grimes, Cecil Welborn, Gene Smith, an unidentified boy, Ernest Ferrell, H. V. Smith, Letcher Clifton, an unidentified boy, Irvin Henry, Chester Garner, and Colin Fling. In the middle row: Goldie Chandler, Lillie Bowling, Laura Cole, Ara Barnett, Nellie Smith, an unidentified girl, Lillian Lane, Myrtle Dudley, Beatrice Welborn, and Hoye Jenkins. In the back row: Miss Jimmie Fulton (teacher), Bruce Thompson, Willie Jenkins, Earl Jenkins, Zola Scurlock, Fannie Lou Fling, Elsie Rae Morrow, Kate Day, Clarence Bridges, Ethel Davis, Lee Gullion, and Faye Hataway.
Copy negative of a group of early Jacksonville citizens. They are all older men, including, in no order, Dr. Rather, Col. Murchison, W. T. Morros, Columbus Emanuel, Dr. John B. Fuller, Jake Love --- Ferguson, Cal S. Bolton, W. A. Brown, Rev. J. M. Mills, Dr. J. M. Brittain, C. L. Nunnally, M. M. Wadsworth, --- Block, Capt. H. L. Morris, N. M. Fain, A. D. Davis --- Montgomery, and J. M. "Jim" Brown.
Copy negative of the W. P. Devereux Building, which housed Devereux's general merchandise business. Two bare trees frame the door. Merchandise can be seen in the shop windows, and two men stand to the far right of the picture.
Copy negative of the Nan Travis Hospital, a three-story building with a basement and stairs leading to the entrance, in 1925. A car is parked on the far left, and the intersection of S. Ragsdale and Nacogdoches Sts. is in the foreground. Houses can be seen in the background.
Copy negative of a class of students standing outside the Dialville Elementary School building. Bottom row, left to right: Mazzie Acker, Bertha Jarratt, Hones Smith, Jack Moore, Coy Halbert, Ray Acker, Tom Acker, two unknown students, Melvin Acker, Denton Roach, Luther Garner, Walter Blackwell, Charles Jarratt, Wordy Watson, Fred Rodgers, Willie Dorris, J. C. Moore, Douglas Payne, Buster Odom, Ray Odom, Buster Harris, and Lewis Rodgers. Second row: Ora Garner, Jimmie Fulton, Odess Garner, Bessie Hall, Myrtle Odom, unknown, May Bee Dorris, Bessie Moore, Lillian Odom, Edris Slover, Vera Pryor, Opie Payne, Clay Bingham, Hugh Jones, Pete Halbert, and Bascom Slover. Third row: Eddie Acker, Annie Rodgers, Allie Blackwell, Eula Odom, Annie Slover, Zelma Long, Janie Bailey, Currie Odom, Minnie Blackwell, Lillie Acker, Ethel Odom, Mary Payne, Mamie Fulton, Bonnie Dement, Evie Garner, Morris Fulton, Joab Moore, and Joseph Jones. Back row: Ferrell Lloyd, Lena Garner, Birdie Blackwell, Eva McKnight, Miss Etta Bowman (teacher), and H. T. Brown (principal).
Copy negative of a logging team in front of a building with the name "A. B. Mandelstamm" on the side. A team of four mules pulls a cart of logs. An unidentified man sits on the mule in the back and to the left, and another man sits on top of the logs in the cart.
Copy negative of Robbie Gardiner on Fastrill Road to the Neches River. Her hands are behind her back, and she is looking over her shoulder to smile at the camera. The road in the background is unpaved, and trees line the way.
Copy negative of a cabin housing a cotton gin. Several men stand in the door, including Charles Wesley Meazle and H. Hancock. There is a dog in the foreground.
Copy negative of Jacksonville celebrities standing in front of an official automobile, decked out in American flags, which would lead the Golden Anniversary parade. John C. Box, district Congressman; Charles C. Bando; M. L. "Bud" Earle, former mayor; Tol Smith; and T. E. Acker, then mayor, stand next to the car. Many of these men helped to plan the event.
Copy negative of citizens of Jacksonville awaiting the arrival of President William Howard Taft by train at the I. & G. N. railroad station. The mayor, M. L. "Bud" Earle, stands second from the right. With him are Civil War veterans, many of whom wear ribbon badges.
Copy negative of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Murdoch and their family. Joseph Murdoch, Moses Murdoch, Byrd Murdoch, Sam Murdoch, Annie Murdoch, and Thomas Murdoch stand in the back row. Callie Murdoch, Ida Murdoch, Rufus Murdoch, Katie Murdoch holding baby Mary Murdoch, and Ruby Murdoch sit in the front row.
Copy negative of a drawing of Jacksonville's First United Methodist Church, by an unknown artist. The church was made of hand-cast cement blocks, and the three-story tall windows were made of glass made in Italy. The church had a dome with ventilating openings in the tower due to lack of air conditioning.
Copy negative of a class of students at Sardis School. Front row, left to right: Willie Berry, Shade Bowman, Bill Edwards, Buster Berry, Jeff Berry, Dan Berry, Pete Jones, Johnson Martin, Grover Miles, and teacher Miller Hoover. Second row: Wesley Middleton, George Edwards, Bennie Berry, William Masters, Ethel Meazles, Della Masters, George Ann Masters, Francis Masters, Jenny Berry, and Annie Berry. Third row: Coy Martin, two unidentified girls, Dora Edwards, Nora Berry, Dora Jones, Ethel Hodges, Mollie Jones, and Martha Masters.
Copy negative of the Bowling family in Gallatin. William Sanders Bowling and his mother, Mary Jane Hoover Bowling, are seated. Lula Clifton Bowling, the wife of William Sanders Bowling, is standing behind her husband and mother-in-law.
Copy negative of the Collins family standing on the side of the road in Bulah. They are, from left to right: Hez Collins, Bud Collins, Sis Connell, Liz Jones, Henry Jones, and Charlie Collins.
Copy negative of the Jacksonville City Park. To the left, a bandstand has been erected, and a pick-up made from a Model T Ford is parked in front of it. Across the sidewalk from the park stands the First Methodist Church, and an old O. K. Cleaners plant.
Copy negative of Jacksonville's business district prior to 1917. The long building to the left was the Spear House and then the Pearl Hotel. The tall building in the center foreground was the first home of the First National Bank. A windmill and water tank can be seen on the far right. The Union Baptist Church is on the left, while the Benson Chapel Methodist is on the right. At the far upper right is the Ragsdale home. The building in front of the hotel was the first home of the International & Great Northern Railroad station.
Copy negative of a wedding photo of Robert Gardiner and Ve Adah Collins Gardiner, standing arm in arm. They are in the home of John Thomas and Virginia Collins in Bulah.
Copy negative of Rusk's courthouse square during an early county fair. In the background, a merry-go-round can be seen. Many people line the streets, and to the left a cart drawn by a horse or mule bears children. The steeple in the center background belonged to an early Methodist Church. Tents have been set up in the square, and a bandstand has been set up in the left foreground.
Copy negative of a group of students standing in front of a wooden building. The teacher is standing next to the left side of the doorway, wearing a coat and tie.
Copy negative of a brick production plant of New Birmingham. There are bricks on the floor, and hand-pushed cars on the left line up to take bricks to the kiln.
Copy negative of a dripping vat, built for the purpose of dipping cattle during the "Texas Fever" era of the 1920's and 1930's. This vat was on the Tennison property.
Copy negative of three photos on a black mat. The photo on the left is of a woman wearing a fur coat laughing in the snow. In the top right photo a family stands together in front of trees, and the photo on the bottom right is of a mother, father, and daughter.
Copy negative of the Gallatin School graduating class of 1927. From left to row, they are Lester Williamson, Letcher Clifton, Monnie Garner, Cecil Welborn, Chester Garner, Alma Ferrell, James Jarrett, Eugene Smith, and Opal Hilton.
Copy negative of the Ponta basketball team of 1922. In the back row, standing, are W. C. Wisener, Alfred Lively, Belton Farley, Pearl Bobbit, and Willie Dalby. In the first row, kneeling, are Herman Dalby, Gladstone Waldrup, and Elmer Liles. Gladstone Waldrup holds a sign that says, "Champions of Cherokee Co., 1922."
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