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NACOGDOCHES,
TEXASHome to
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches County Seat, East
Texas
US
59, Hwy 7 and 21
66 miles S of Longview
92 miles S of Jefferson
20 miles N of Lufkin
100 miles
N of Beaumont
139 miles
NE of Houston
159 miles SE of
Dallas via I-20
50 miles W of the
Sabine River
Population:
29,914 (2000) 30,872
(1990)
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Nacogdoches
History, People and Landmarks
Marx
Brothers by Clay Coppedge
The Marx Brothers weren’t funny at all
until they came to Texas...
The Chief's Sons by Bob Bowman
Natchitoches and NacogdochesSFASU
by Archie P. McDonald
"Twenty-three Reasons Why The Stephen
F. Austin State Normal Ought to be Located at Nacogdoches."Chief
Executives by Archie P. McDonald
"East Texas has produced its share of prominent personages in entertainment,
business, medicine, and other professions but prominent political figures have
tended to call other sections of the state their home, especially in the last
half century. It started out differently."WACs
by Archie P. McDonald
Women's Army Corps "saved Stephen F. Austin
State College."
The
Arthur Temple School of Forestry by Archie P. McDonald James
Harper Starr by Archie P. McDonald Albert
Thomas by Archie P. McDonald
One of the most famous photos ever
made shows Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath as president aboard Air Force One
shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In the photo, a
tall, trim man wearing a bow tie bends in to get a better view of President Johnson
and Justice Sarah Hughes, who administered the oath. That man was Albert Thomas,
who represented the Eighth Congressional District—essentially, Harris County and
Houston—in Congress for fifteen terms.
Thomas was born in Nacogdoches on April
12, 1898....The
Millard Sorghum Silo of Nacogdoches by Robert Rand Russell
That
old red brick silo, sound and plumb as it was in 1915 due to the Old World craftsmanship
of John "Dutch" Heaberlin and the enterprising Jesse Millard, Sr., prevails as
a witness of East Texas history and prosperity... Another landmark casting a shadow.
Now this one also shines with a story...Disturbance
of 1832 (the Battle of Nacogdoches) by Archie P. McDonald
Antonio
Gil Y'Barbo: Latter-Day Moses by Archie P. McDonald
It is impossible
to overstate the importance of Y'Barbo to the founding of Nacogdoches. He built
a "casa piedras," or Stone House, on Plaza Principal, and a separate residence.
The Stone House, though always private property, became the seat of government
and town gathering. Y'Barbo "fathered" Nacogdoches.The
Old Stone Fort by Archie P. McDonald
Y'Barbo's Stone House hosted
meetings of the Nacogdoches Committee of Public Safety and the selection of representatives
to the conventions and the Consultation during the Texas Revolution and it witnessed
the Battle of Nacogdoches in 1832.
Lyne
Taliaferro Barret by Archie P. McDonald
Few East Texans remember
Lyne Taliaferro Barret, but they should: Barret drilled the first oil well in
Texas.
William
Goyens by Archie P. McDonald
This is the story of a free black
man who lived and thrived in Nacogdoches during the days of slavery.
The
Lone Star Brand by Archie P. McDonald
Many things in Texas -- especially
East Texas -- began in Nacogdoches, and Texas Farm Products, known for its familiar
logo that features a Lone Star within ring inside a triangle, is one of them.
Stone
Fort Bank by Archie P. McDonald
The Stone Fort Bank of Nacogdoches
won its charter on February 14, 1903, and 100 years later, is still a familiar
landmark in downtown Nacogdoches.
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Nacogdoches Tourist
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Convention & Visitors Bureau -
(888) OLDEST-TOWN
200, East Main Street,
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
http://www.visitnacogdoches.org/
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Texas Forum Nacogdoches
claims to be the oldest town in Texas, using 1716 as the date. Now, the Dallas
Morning News Texas Almanac and the Univ Texas Handbook of Texas, on line, say
it t'aint so. They say Ysleta and Socorro of ElPaso were est. ~ 1680-2, which
is an earlier date even using public school math. I suspect there's some 'school
pride' in this Nacogdoches-ites claim, but is there a real, non-tall-tale truth
for claiming to be the oldest? Or maybe Mr.
Bowman has this covered somewhere? - J R Overton, May 04, 2004
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