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The
County was named for American Revolutionary Hero Sgt. John Newton
Newton Attractions
Newton
County Courthouse
The
First Roadside Park in Texas
"Newton County's pioneer park was more than just a few picnic
tables beside the highway. It also included a bath house on Cow
Creek, a favorite swimming hole in Newton County."
Three miles southeast of Newton.
Wild Azalea
Canyons Trail - Rock cliffs and wild Azaelas in an area few
people know about.
Horse Sugar
Nature Trail
- Four miles SE of town on Hwy 190. Formerly known as the Sylvan
Nature Trail, "renamed because it is now famous for its state
champion Common Sweetleaf, also known as Horse Sugar."
Newton County
Historical Commission History Center & Museum - (409) 379-2109
105 Court Street P.O. Drawer 1550 Newton, Texas 75988
Newton
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Newton Chronicles
A
Pioneer Hotel
by Bob Bowman (From All Things Historical) -
"... While the W.H. Ford Academy/Powell Hotel doesn't rent
rooms today, it offers the next best thing. Each Tuesday at noon,
you can sit down in the hotel's old dining room and enjoy a generous
meal of homemade soup and cornbread, along with a helping of hotel
history.
Newton,
Texas
by Archie P. McDonald
Jasper
and Newton Counties, Beyond the Sabine
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Newton
History
"...
Official settlement of the heavily timbered region was authorized
in 1829, when Mexican authorities granted Lorenzo Manuel de Zavalaqv
an empresarioqv contract that included much of Southeast Texas. In
1846 the Texas legislature gave the eastern half of Jasper County
independent jurisdiction, and the newly organized Newton County was
named in honor of John Newton, an American Revolutionary War veteran...."
From Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/hjn5.html
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Newton
County Tourist Information
Newton
County Chamber of Commerce - (409) 379-5527
P. O. Box 66 Newton, Texas 75966
http://www.newton-texas.com/
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