jrbeckwith – Page 4 – Pictures of the Past

Dotson Texas

Dotson is a couple curving county roads with a handful of houses on large lots of land. It’s hard to[…]

Hidden in the Angelina National Forest sits the ruins of what was once one of the most productive saw mills[…]

The Doucette Union Church is a beautiful structure which should be respected for its ability to stand strong through so[…]

Walking around downtown Beaumont on a Sunday morning in September feels like a story where everyone has disappeared and left[…]

Mount Hope Lodge, built in 1892, is the oldest Masonic Lodge in Tyler County. With its classic design from that[…]

Approximately 10-15 years after a farming settlement began in the 1880’s, the official name of Cayuga was given after its[…]

From the Texas historical marker: “In 1866, Confederate John J. Dial (d.1928) joined a group of 60 wagons headed for[…]

Mary Allen Seminary was one of Texas’ first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Although the 4-story building stands alone[…]

Pearville was established in the late-1800’s. However, the residents weren’t fond of its name coming from a reference to pear[…]

Decatur’s Sweetwater Church is still maintained, although it mostly seems to be a symbol for the adjacent cemetery. From the[…]