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County was organized in 1837. Both city and county were named after the Nacogdoches
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Nacogdoches
History & People |
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.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.A
Story of Two Veterans: They Didn't Take the War Personally by Mike Cox
Nacogdoches’
Oak Grove Cemetery is one of the oldest and most historical graveyards in Texas,
but one of its better stories has hardly been told. The
First Millionaire by Bob Bowman
Texas’ first likely millionaire wasn’t
from Dallas or Houston. He came from East Texas--and he didn’t make his money
from oil. Frost Thorn, an early storekeeper from Nacogdoches, had a worth of more
than a million dollars after Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836...
"Ten-Gallon
Hats / Pint-Sized Brains"
Otis P. Driftwood recalls Nacogdoches
by Mike Cox
A runaway mule in Nacogdoches helped change American entertainment
history. 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
Dón
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.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.Adah
Isaccs Menken: The lady on the Horse by Archie P. McDonald
Haunted
Nacogdoches by Dana Goolsby
Stephen F. Austin
State University is allegedly home to numerous spooks. The Turner Fine Arts Auditorium
at SFA has more than fine art in the building. A ghost named Chester is believed
to haunt the building... |
Nacogdoches
Landmarks / Attractions |
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Lanana
Creek Trail - 6 miles trail in Pecan Acres ParkMillard's
Crossing - 6020 North Street (US 59 N)
East Texas architecture on 37 acres.
936-564-6631. AdmissionsOak
Grove Cemetery - N. Lanana St, at Hospital St.
Including four signers
of Texas Declaration of Independence.Old
Nacogdoches University - 1858 building today a museum. On Washington Square, Thomas
J. Rusk Middle School campus. Mound and Hughes St. 936-569-7292Old
North Church - US 59 North and Highway 35.
The oldest union church in Texas.The
Old Stone Fort (by Archie P. McDonald)
"In 1936, a replica of the
Old Stone Fort was located on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University,
and visitors can drop by and get a good idea of what the first building in Nacogdoches
looked like."
Tues. - Sat. 9AM - 5PM. Sun. 1 - 5 PM.
Closed Monday
and holidays. 936-468-2408Ruby
M. Mize Azalea Garden - Texas' largest azalea garden.
South of SFA Johnson
Coliseum, University Drive.
Open daily. 936-468-1832Stephen
F. Austin Mast Arboretum -
On SFASU campus, off Wilson Dr.
Open daily.
936-468-1832Sterne-Hoya
Home - Historic home built in 1830.
211 S. Lanana St., 946-560- 5426
Lake Nacogdoches
10 miles west of Nacogdoches off FM 225
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us
Nacogdoches Tourist Information
Nacogdoches
Convention & Visitors Bureau -
(888) OLDEST-TOWN
200, East Main Street,
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
http://www.visitnacogdoches.org/
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The
Chapel at Millard Crossing
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, January, 2006 |
| Postcard
courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Nacogdoches
Today - Photo Gallery |
Downtown
Nacogdoches
Photo
courtesy Dana
Goolsby, November 2011 |
Chas
Hoya 1897 Land Office Building
Photo
courtesy Dana
Goolsby, November 2011 |
Nacogdoches
City Hall
Photo
courtesy Dana
Goolsby, November 2011 |
General
Mercantile
Photo
courtesy Dana
Goolsby, November 2011 |
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courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Nacogdoches
Texas ForumNacogdoches
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 'aint so. They say Ysleta and Socorro
of El Paso 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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