Palestine

alestine is a town that knows how to celebrate spring. Nature-lovers flock here for the annual Texas Dogwood Trails Celebration, an 83-year tradition that showcases the trees’ delicate white blossoms. Founded in 1846, Palestine grew as an agricultural and timber hub with the arrival of the railroad in 1872. The discovery of oil in 1928 created an economic driver that endures to this day, along. His work helped inform a new city tour called “Our Black History: Palestine’s Legends & Legacies.” The driving tour stops at sites like Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church—the third oldest A.M.E. church in Texas—and the Anderson County Courthouse, where Browne’s father, Reginald Browne Sr., served as the county’s first African American commissioner.