Carthage
: Music from two country masters
(Excerpted from "THE EAST TEXAS SUNDAY DRIVE BOOK" by Bob
Bowman)
Concentrated
largely in Panola County, this Sunday Drive will provide you with
some of the flavor of East Texas' country and western music, a look
at a ghost town, a stop at an old railroad depot, and a drive through
the beautiful pine and hardwood forests along the Sabine River.
Start your Sunday
Drive at Carthage, the county seat of Panola County (Panola means
cotton in Indian), where Potlatch, a festival of arts, crafts and
country foods is held every October.
Carthage... became the county seat in l884 when Jonathan Anderson
donated 100 acres for the townsite.
[A]
block off the town square... you'll find a good collection of quaint
shops as well as the Heritage Museum, located in a restored
bank building, and the Panola County Historical Museum, located
in the old county jail...
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