Muddy street in Boomtown at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3088588/free-photo-image-america-boomtown-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseCanning jars in Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, Gladys City, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434216/free-photo-image-mason-jar-glass-canningFree Image from public domain licenseChelsea Crawford a choreographed dance team of Tyler, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092238/free-photo-image-dancer-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseA luxurient field of bluebonnets, the state flower, near Marble Falls in the Texas Hill Country. Original image from Carol… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582566/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene at Inks Lake in the Texas Hill Country, near Burnet. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582685/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBig Tex, 55-foot-tall statue and marketing icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582684/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMetal side of a barn, decorated with a painting of the Flag of Texas, near Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582612/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThis business in Fredericksburg, in the Texas Hill Country, calls itself the "Talk of the Town." Perhaps it's because of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582594/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSunset on U.S. 62/U.S. 180 east of El Paso. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582633/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Tejano Monument, a sculpture on the Texas Capitol Grounds that salutes Texas's first cowboys — Spanish "Tejanos"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582666/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA mountain biker tests a rugged path amid the rock formations in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in the Texas Panhandle.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582637/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA massive cloud presages a thunderstorm above Groom, a tiny community along old U.S. Route 66 in the Texas Panhandle.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582567/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseTexas state flags line a path through the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582698/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA highlight of the "Texas" outdoor musical drama, staged in the Pioneer Amphitheater carved from the rocks of Palo Duro… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582675/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAtrium of the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin, one of the foremost university art museums in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582640/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseT. D. Kelsey’s bronze sculpture of a longhorn cattle drive, called "Texas Gold, a Memorial to the Texas Longhorn" in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582636/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCowhand Lars Hollis atop his horse, Catote, at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582647/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSanctuary of Misión San Juan Capistrano, now known as simply "Mission San Juan," was established in 1716 as… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582601/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSome of the genuine Old West possessions displayed inside a bunkhouse — a small railroad office moved to the location… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582588/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseExterior architectural detail on the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum on the campus of West Texas A&M University in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582604/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licensePart of the 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582674/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseLonghorn cow and her calf at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582688/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from the Texas Cavaliers River Parade on the San Antonio River, which winds through the River Walk beneath the streets… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582696/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Broken Spoke, a dance hall and self-proclaimed "honky-tonk," or bar that provides musical (usually country)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582608/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAn oversized armadillo, the informal mascot at Bussey's Flea Market, a gathering of merchants selling assorted wares from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582597/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe 1908 Fort Bend County Courthouse in Richmond, Texas, southwest of Houston. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582605/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licensePocked-rock formations at Hueco Tanks State Park in West Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582574/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseField of bluebonnets near Boerne, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582646/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCentennial Hall, a 94,000-square-foot exhibition hall at Fair Park, the site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition -- and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582621/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseResults of a bountiful pecan harvest in North Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582622/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Texas state capitol in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582671/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAn old gas station (converted to a motorcycle shop) in Jefferson, a town in Marion County in East Texas on whose main street… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582614/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMural outside the venue for the "Heart of Texas Quadruple Bypass Music Festival," more often known simply as the "Heart of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582702/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the University of Texas at Austin but located 10 miles south of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582558/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license"Austin, Texas" mural — evoking a postcard image — on Guadalupe Street, north of the University of Texas at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582606/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMetal art along the road from Johnson City to Kerrville, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582683/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThis is not Havana, Cuba. It's a colorful scene in the corner of a vendor's operation in Havana, Texas, a tiny town in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582648/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA small, centrally located community building in the old German-immigrant settlement of Gruene, now part of New Braunfels… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582638/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license"Texas" sign on an old building in Stanton, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582576/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSunset scene in rural Tom Green County, Texas, northeast of San Angelo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582641/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThis approximately four-fifths-scale replica of England's famous Stonehenge prehistoric monument stands in Odessa, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582595/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe "Lighthouse," the signature formation in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Armstrong County in the Texas Panhandle. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582591/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Contrabando, a ghost town within Big Bend Ranch State Park, west of Lajitas, Texas, on Texas State Highway 170. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582571/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Small Parlor in the northeast corner of the first floor in the 1856 section of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582661/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licensePaisano Pete in Fort Stockton, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582705/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseWith the help of other local artists, muralist Stylle Read painted this stylized mural in downtown Alpine, Texas, to help… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582704/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA fanciful map of Texas, depicted on a downtown wall in Pecos, the seat of Reeves County. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582623/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseLocated on the side of the Roadhouse Relics building on 1st Street in the South Austin neighborhood of the state capital… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582575/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSome would call this eclectic, others funky, art in the vibrant South Austin neighborhood of the state capital. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582708/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseLonghorn steer wooden sculpture in the arts district of little San Elizario, near El Paso. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582663/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseDusk shot of the neon sign for the Maverick Inn in Alpine, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582654/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe rotunda ceiling of the Texas capitol in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582561/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAttractive entrance to an estate in Laredo, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582562/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseUntitled box-like art, sometimes called "Judd's cubes," by "Minimalist" artist Donald Judd (1928-1994) -- though he detested… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582627/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe "BIG" sculpture (deliberately minus the "I") in Klyde Warren Park, which opened in 2009 in Dallas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582568/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licensePart of the grounds at Quinta Mazatlan, a historical adobe mansion and nature and birding center in McAllen, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582700/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseShriner and sphynx statues outside the Sharon Shrine Center, a Shrine-organization-related restaurant and event center in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582599/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseHidalgo, Texas's, Killer Bee Statue, a nod to a historical moment in October 1990 when the first known swarm of these… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582653/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseLucio Jimenez, Pablo Martinez, Carlos Lara and Javier Rodrigjez of the the Los Liberadores Group pose menacingly at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582667/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA Route 66 art deco-style gas station and cafe from the 1930s in the Texas Panhandle town of Shamrock has been preserved as… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582660/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRugged terrain north of Big Bend National Park in the "Trans-Pecos" region of southwest Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582577/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseOne of seven castings of sculptor Buck McCain's bronze "Invocation" sculpture, which stands outside the Stark Museum of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582617/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCostumed cow and pig walk the carnival grounds at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582582/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCacti in a field along Park Road 4S, east of Longhorn State Par, near Burnet, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582613/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBronc riding at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582598/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseTexas is famous for, and even more proud of, its bluebonnet fields, which come to life each spring in the Hill Country. This… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582565/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA barge loaded with visitors turns toward a tunnel on the portion of the San Antonio River that winds through San Antonio's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582572/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseOne of of American artist James Turrell’s more than 82 “Skyspace” installments around the world. This one… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582620/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe original, greatly refurbished, Phillips 66 gasoline station in little McLean, a town along historic U.S. Route 66 in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582631/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA 1950s-vintage truck outside a general store in Jefferson, a town in Marion County, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582644/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseStainless steel statue in garden of the Meadows Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092743/free-photo-image-museum-statue-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseParked freight trains at the Kansas City Southern yards in Wharton County in southeast Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434282/free-photo-image-train-logistics-railwayFree Image from public domain licenseAt the ”Cadillac Ranch" along Old U.S. Route 66 outside Amarillo, Texas, visitors are encouraged to bring along a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582657/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA longhorn steer appears to pose in a thicket in rural Kinney County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582703/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseOne of the twice-daily parades of longhorn steers (for tourists' enjoyment) up Exchange Street in the Stockyards District of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582639/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA lone steer blends nicely into the background north of Big Bend National Park in the "Trans-Pecos" region of southwest… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582585/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA horse stands in a wildflower-rich National Park Service meadow in Johnson City, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582677/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCountry singer-songwriting legend Willie Nelson, age 80 at the time of this photograph, performs with his band, "Family," at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582680/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFormations in the "Cave Without a Name," located near Boerne in Kendall County, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582669/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from a Charrería, sometimes called a "Mexican rodeo," at "A Day in Old Mexico," one of several events at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582579/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMartha Hepworth's 1964 creation, "Squares with Two Circles," at the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum that opened in 2000… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582682/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRefinery storage tanks along the Houston Ship Channel. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582587/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSteve Schmidt is the sheriff in town at the Enchanted Springs Ranch and Old West theme park, special-events venue, and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582628/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseNeon sign for Billy Bob's legendary “boot-scootin’”western nighclub and honky-tonk bar in Fort Worth.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582695/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseDusk view of the Dallas, Texas skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582596/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA grain elevator adjoins freight-rail tracks in Wichita Falls, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582655/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Miguel Archangel Catholic Church in little Los Ebanos, a community on the Rio Grande River in Hidalgo County, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582662/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA statue by Mexican artist Jorge Marín, part of his "Wings of the City" exhibit outside the Brownsville, Texas… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582610/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSamantha and Scarlett Santana have some fun in the ride area of a carnival outside the event locations Rodeo Austin, the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582642/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA youngster enjoys a display of inflated Easter bunnies for sale on a San Antonio streetcorner. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582618/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseDusk view of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, known locally as simply "The Modern." The originating museum was first… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582707/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseExterior detail of a longhorn on the massive 1933 U.S. Post Office in Fort Worth, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582686/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe "Texas Room" at Bayou Bend mansion, the former home of philanthropist and collector Ima Hogg in Houston, Texas. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582679/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license"Texas Ranger," San Antonio artist Don Hunt's sculpture of a 19th-Century ranger on horseback at the entrance to the Texas… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582659/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMount Vernon, a near (but larger) replica in Dallas, Texas, of George Washington's Virginia estate home. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582573/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licensePrized, but unfortunately stuffed, longhorn steer at the Zapata County Fair in Zapata, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582586/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBrennan Wells, on the black horse, Kayla McShane, on the paint; and Macy Milbert, on the Appaloosa, ride along Padre Island… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582678/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain license