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HENDERSON,
TEXASRusk County
Seat, East Texas
US 259, Hwys 64, 79 and 43
138 miles E of Dallas
35 miles SE of Tyler
Population
12,000
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Buildings
at the Museum
Photo courtesy Lori Martin, December 2005 |
More Henderson
Attractions
The
Rusk County Courthous
(The fourth Rusk County Courthouse was built in 1928 and sits at
the corner of North Main Street and Fordall Street.)
Rusk County
Memorial Library and Museum
Gaston Museum:
6558 Texas 64 west
Depot Museum
and Children's Discovery Center
East Texas
Discovery Well
Howard-Dickinson
House: 501 Main Street Open 1 to 5. This house was the first
brick house in Rusk County. After it was built in 1855, Sam Houston
was a frequent guest of the owner.
Lakeforest
Park
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Zig-zag detail on Rusk County Jail doorway
TE photo, 2003 |
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Oil refinery, Henderson, Texas
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
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great East Texas oilfield, discovered in Rusk County near Henderson
in 1930, caused the population to increase from 3,000 in 1930 to 10,000
in 1933. The boom ended in the early 1940s and the population dropped
to 6,437, but a legacy of twenty-eight manufacturing and service industries
remained to sustain the town's economy." - Handbook of Texas
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Henderson,
Texas History
Henderson...
was named for James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas,
when the town was laid out in 1843. A post office was established
there in 1846. The town grew rapidly during its first two decades,
but a fire in 1860 destroyed most of the commercial buildings. The
Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad was completed in 1877 and connected
the agricultural center of Henderson with the Illinois and Great Northern
at Overton. At that time the population was 1,500. In addition to
being a shipping center for agricultural products, in the nineteenth
century Henderson was also a center for education, with a number of
private schools. ..." See Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/heh1.html
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Henderson street scene
Postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/
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Henderson
Tourist Information
Henderson Area
Chamber of Commerce
201 North Main Street, Henderson, Tx 75652
phone: 903-657-5528
Website: http://www.hendersontx.com/ |
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The former masonic lodge with water tower
TE photo, 2003 |
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