A view from here

East Texas in photographs

Gardens, brick streets, courthouse squares, and the woods between. 42 photographs from 26 towns and their surroundings.

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Main building and gardens at the East Texas Arboretum — Athens
Main building and gardens at the East Texas Arboretum
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Photographed 2025-07-12.
© 2025 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Van Zandt County Courthouse in Canton, Texas — Canton
Van Zandt County Courthouse in Canton, Texas
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Photographed 2010-06-25.
Vanzandt courthouse 2010 — © 2010 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Anderson Park gazebo, shade trees, and downtown buildings in Carthage, Texas — Carthage
Anderson Park gazebo, shade trees, and downtown buildings in Carthage, Texas
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Photographed 2017-07-22.
Anderson Park gazebo, Carthage — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Esquire Theater exterior in downtown Carthage, Texas — Carthage
Esquire Theater exterior in downtown Carthage, Texas
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Photographed 2017-07-22.
Esquire Theater, Carthage — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Historic 1885 Shelby County Courthouse in Center, Texas — Center
Historic 1885 Shelby County Courthouse in Center, Texas
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Photographed 2017-06-05.
Historic 1885 Shelby County Courthouse in Center, Texas — Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Upshur County Courthouse and square in Gilmer, Texas — Gilmer
Upshur County Courthouse and square in Gilmer, Texas
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Photographed 2018-09-01.
Upshur County Courthouse, Gilmer — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Broadway Elementary School exterior in Gladewater, Texas — Gladewater
Broadway Elementary School exterior in Gladewater, Texas
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Photographed 2019-06-23.
Broadway Elementary School, Gladewater — © 2019 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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East Main Street and historic storefronts in Henderson, Texas — Henderson
East Main Street and historic storefronts in Henderson, Texas
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Photographed 2017-07-22.
East Main Street, Henderson — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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East Commerce Street in Jacksonville, Texas — Jacksonville
East Commerce Street in Jacksonville, Texas
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Photographed 2017-08-19.
East Commerce Street in Jacksonville, Texas — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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View over wooded East Texas from the deck at Love’s Lookout near Jacksonville — Jacksonville
View over wooded East Texas from the deck at Love’s Lookout near Jacksonville
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Photographed 2019-06-22.
View over wooded East Texas from the deck at Love’s Lookout near Jacksonville — © 2019 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Big Cypress Bayou at Caddo Lake State Park near Karnack, a regional outing from Jefferson, Texas — Jefferson
Big Cypress Bayou at Caddo Lake State Park near Karnack, a regional outing from Jefferson, Texas
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Photographed 2017-04-13.
Big Cypress Bayou at Caddo Lake State Park, near Karnack — William L. Farr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Exterior of the House of the Seasons — Jefferson
Exterior of the House of the Seasons
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Photographed 2014-05-20.
Carol M. Highsmith, The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-30947.
House of the Seasons, Jefferson, Texas
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Oil derrick structures, railway tracks, and a depot in downtown Kilgore, Texas — Kilgore
Oil derrick structures, railway tracks, and a depot in downtown Kilgore, Texas
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Photographed 2014-05-18.
Carol M. Highsmith; Lyda Hill Texas Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-29156.
Full-sized and scaled-down models of oil derricks mark a silver of the "World's Richest Acre" that has been preserved in downtown Kilgore in East Texas
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Old Mill Museum exterior with waterwheel and windmill in Lindale, Texas — Lindale
Old Mill Museum exterior with waterwheel and windmill in Lindale, Texas
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Photographed 2011-08-18.
Old Mill Museum, Lindale — Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Picker's Pavilion exterior in Lindale, Texas — Lindale
Picker's Pavilion exterior in Lindale, Texas
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Photographed 2018-05-19.
Picker's Pavilion, Lindale — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Pineywoods Boardwalk Trail at Lake Livingston State Park — Livingston
Pineywoods Boardwalk Trail at Lake Livingston State Park
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Photographed 2018-03-30.
Pineywoods Boardwalk Trail at Lake Livingston State Park — © 2018 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Dock and marina at Lake Livingston State Park, seen from the observation tower — Livingston
Dock and marina at Lake Livingston State Park, seen from the observation tower
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Photographed 2018-03-30.
Dock and marina at Lake Livingston State Park, seen from the observation tower — © 2018 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Petroleum Building and the Fredonia/Whaley street intersection — Longview
Petroleum Building and the Fredonia/Whaley street intersection
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Photographed 2016-08-30.
Petroleum Building in Downtown Longview — pasa47, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Angelina County Courthouse exterior in Lufkin — Lufkin
Angelina County Courthouse exterior in Lufkin
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Photographed 2015-04-29.
Angelina County Courthouse exterior in Lufkin — © 2015 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Historic Harrison County Courthouse exterior in Marshall, Texas — Marshall
Historic Harrison County Courthouse exterior in Marshall, Texas
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Photographed 2014-05-20.
Carol M. Highsmith; Lyda Hill Texas Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-29040.
The old Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, Texas
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Downtown Mineola storefronts — Mineola
Downtown Mineola storefronts
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Photographed 2018-07-01.
Downtown Mineola — Rene Gomez / Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Fishing pier at Lake Bob Sandlin State Park near Mount Pleasant, Texas — Mount Pleasant
Fishing pier at Lake Bob Sandlin State Park near Mount Pleasant, Texas
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Photographed 2023-05-09.
Pier at Lake Bob Sandlin State Park, near Mount Pleasant — © 2023 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Horse, pasture and barn near Mount Pleasant, Texas — Mount Pleasant
Horse, pasture and barn near Mount Pleasant, Texas
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Photographed 2014-02-07.
Carol M. Highsmith, The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-26047.
[Horse and barn on a ranch near Mount Pleasant, Texas]
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Titus County Courthouse exterior in Mount Pleasant, Texas — Mount Pleasant
Titus County Courthouse exterior in Mount Pleasant, Texas
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Photographed 2015-08-01.
Titus County Courthouse, Mount Pleasant — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Brick street and historic downtown storefronts in Nacogdoches, Texas — Nacogdoches
Brick street and historic downtown storefronts in Nacogdoches, Texas
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Photographed 2011-09-03.
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Historic brick storefronts and a corner building in downtown Nacogdoches, Texas — Nacogdoches
Historic brick storefronts and a corner building in downtown Nacogdoches, Texas
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Photographed 2009-03.
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Nacogdoches Farmers Market pavilion — Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches Farmers Market pavilion
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Photographed 2017-08-05.
Nacogdoches Farmers Market — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Pionette Garden Club Landscape Garden in Palestine, Texas — Palestine
Pionette Garden Club Landscape Garden in Palestine, Texas
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Photographed 2017-08-19.
Pionette Garden Club Landscape Garden, Palestine — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Texas State Railroad platform, water tower and passenger cars near Palestine, Texas — Palestine
Texas State Railroad platform, water tower and passenger cars near Palestine, Texas
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Photographed 2024-03-22.
Texas State Railroad Palestine Depot — © 2024 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Lamar County Courthouse exterior in Paris, Texas — Paris
Lamar County Courthouse exterior in Paris, Texas
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Photographed 2010-06-27.
Lamar County Courthouse, Paris — © 2010 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wooded stretch of the Trail de Paris recreational trail in Paris, Texas — Paris
Wooded stretch of the Trail de Paris recreational trail in Paris, Texas
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Photographed 2015-07-18.
Trail de Paris, Paris, Texas — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Camp County Courthouse exterior in Pittsburg, Texas — Pittsburg
Camp County Courthouse exterior in Pittsburg, Texas
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Photographed 2015-08-01.
Camp County Courthouse exterior in Pittsburg, Texas — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Cherokee County Courthouse exterior in Rusk, Texas — Rusk
Cherokee County Courthouse exterior in Rusk, Texas
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Photographed 2014-10-24.
Cherokee County Courthouse, Rusk — © 2014 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Flowering dogwood at the Texas State Railroad's Rusk Depot, Texas — Rusk
Flowering dogwood at the Texas State Railroad's Rusk Depot, Texas
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Photographed 2024-03-22.
Dogwood at the Texas State Railroad Rusk Depot — © 2024 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Hopkins County Courthouse and surrounding square in Sulphur Springs, Texas — Sulphur Springs
Hopkins County Courthouse and surrounding square in Sulphur Springs, Texas
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Photographed 2014-05-22.
Carol M. Highsmith, The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-29082.
The Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs, regarded by many as the most beautiful courthouse in Texas
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Marshy shore of Lake Fork near Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County, Texas — Sulphur Springs
Marshy shore of Lake Fork near Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County, Texas
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Photographed 2014-05-22.
Carol M. Highsmith, The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-29889.
Marshy corner of Lake Fork, near Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County in northeast Texas
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Water and lawns at Texas A&M University–Texarkana's Bringle Lake campus in Texarkana, Texas — Texarkana
Water and lawns at Texas A&M University–Texarkana's Bringle Lake campus in Texarkana, Texas
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Photographed 2016-04-16.
Waterscape at Texas A&M University–Texarkana's Bringle Lake campus — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Perot Theatre exterior on the Texas side of Texarkana — Texarkana
Perot Theatre exterior on the Texas side of Texarkana
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Photographed 2014-02-05.
Carol M. Highsmith, The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-26039.
The Perot Theatre, a landmark since 1924, when it opened as the Saenger Amusement Company's "Gateway to the West" movie theater in Texarkana, Texas
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Tyler Municipal Rose Garden archway and planting beds — Tyler
Tyler Municipal Rose Garden archway and planting beds
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Photographed 2019-06-22.
Tyler Municipal Rose Garden archway and planting beds — © 2019 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Lakeshore Trail across the lake dam at Tyler State Park near Tyler, Texas — Tyler
Lakeshore Trail across the lake dam at Tyler State Park near Tyler, Texas
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Photographed 2025-04-14.
Lakeshore Trail at Tyler State Park — © 2025 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wooded waterfall at Tyler State Park near Tyler in Smith County, Texas — Tyler
Wooded waterfall at Tyler State Park near Tyler in Smith County, Texas
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Photographed 2025-04-15.
Waterfall at Tyler State Park — © 2025 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Snow on a wooded lane at the geotagged Kater Hill site in the Winnsboro area, Texas — Winnsboro
Snow on a wooded lane at the geotagged Kater Hill site in the Winnsboro area, Texas
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