Cooke
Cooke County Courthouse
Gainesville, TX
Settlement of the area now known as Cooke County began in late 1845.
Cooke County, C.S.A./2nd Frontier Regiment
Gainesville, TX
Military, defense center in Civil War.
Gainesville-Fort Sill Road
Gainesville, TX
The U.S. Cavalry constructed roads to improve logistical routes in the west during the 19th century.
Site of Camp Howze
Gainesville, TX
(One mile west) In operation from 1942 to 1946, Camp Howze served as an infantry training facility during World War II.
The Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862
Gainesville, TX
Facing the threat of invasion from the north and fearing a Unionist uprising in their midst, the people of North Texas lived in constant...
Valley View
Valley View, TX
In 1870, Captain L.W. Lee and his wife Mary Ann (Fryer) came from Missouri to a tall grass prairie overlooking a valley.