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- Tyler
: A drive with beauty and history
Tyler, Tyler State Park, Winona, Starrville,
Troup, Burning Bush, Lake palestine, Mount Sylvan, Lindale and old Steen Saline - Carthage
: Music from two country masters
Carthage, Tatum, DeBerry, Elysian Fields,
Sabine River, Hendricks's Lake, Trammel's Trace, ghost town Harmony Hill, Martin
Creek Lake State Park, Beckville, Fair Play and Rake Pocket - Palestine
: Old homes, fruit cakes, and stained glass windows
Palestine, Texas State
Railroad, Davey Dogwood Park, Plenitude, Mound Prairie, Montalba, Tennessee Colony,
Old Magnolia, Elkhart and Slocum - Longview
and Marshall : A metropolitan Sunday Drive
Longview, Marshall, Hallsville,
Scottsville, and Jonesville - Athens
: Where the hamburger was invented
Athens, New York, Texas Cheesecakes, LaRue,
Brownsboro, Edom, Purtis Creek State Park, Eustace, Mabank, Gun Barrel City, Payne
Springs, Caney City, Malakoff and Cross Roads - Rusk
: Mark Twain might have lived here
Rusk, Alto, Jim Hogg State Park, Caddo
Mounds State Historic Site, two ghost towns, and the longest footbridge in the
United States
- Huntsville
: Old Sam, prisons and pine trees
Huntsville, Oakhurst, Point Blank, Coldspring,
Sam Houston National Forest, and Huntsville State Park |
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The
Roads of Upshur County
by Bob Bowman
Most East Texas counties name their county roads with numbers
or the names of people. But not Upshur County. Years ago county officials came
up with the unique idea of naming one precinct of the county’s roads for animals,
another for flowers, still another for trees and the fourth precinct for birds....
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East Texas Trips - A
Tour of Dog-Trots by Bob Bowman 8-15-10
If you’re
a fan of dog-trot houses--and know what they are--here is an opportunity you shouldn’t
miss. The SFA Gardens of Stephen F. Austin State University will host a tour of
two historic Shelby County dog-trot homes... - Out-of-the-way
Places by Bob Bowman
Landmark springs, overlooks, roadside parks, logs
homes and more
- East
Texas' Burning House by Bob Bowman
Motorists
traveling along U.S. Highway 59 in Polk County are often startled to see what
appears to be flames pouring from the windows of old sawmill house... - Loop
168, the shortest highway in Texas
- Love's
Lookout - Perched
atop a scenic forested ridge beside U.S. Highway 69 north of Jacksonville, Love's
Lookout offers perhaps the grandest view in East Texas. Visitors can scan a horizon
that stretches into several counties. Some are convinced that, on a clear day,
they can see Louisiana.
- The
Texas State Railroad and Texas Forest Trail by John Troesser
- The
Texas State Railroad by Archie McDonald (All Things Historical)
- A
Christmas Treat by Bob Bowman
The Holiday Trail of Lights, which includes
Kilgore, the state's official "City of Stars," Marshall and Jefferson in East
Texas and Natchitoches and Shreveport in Louisiana. Holiday
Day Trips by Bob Bowman | |
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