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Songs About Logansport

Sabine River
Jess Williamson
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"Sabine River"

Artists From Logansport

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Bryan Martin
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Rivers & Roads in Song near Logansport

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Logansport.

Sabine River 13 songs U.S. Route 59 9 songs Interstate 49 4 songs Interstate 20 13 songs Red River 88 songs US Route 71 2 songs

Musical Heritage

Riley's Tavern RoadyGoat

Picture a seventeen-year-old kid sitting on the steps of the Texas Capitol in 1933, waiting. Prohibition had just been repealed, and James Curtis Riley wanted to be first in line — and he was. He walked away with the first official license to sell beer in the state of Texas. Weeks later he opened a tavern back home in Hunter, and he kept it running for close to sixty years. Joel and Angie Hofmann took it over in 2004, and they've left well enough alone — the mint-green barroom, the pool table, the stage where local players still plug in. Billy Joe Shaver himself has stood up there and sung. Not bad for a bar that started with a teenager and a hunch that Texas was thirsty.

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History of Logansport

Joaquin, TX RoadyGoat

Joaquin was founded in 1885 as a station for the Houston, East and West Texas Railway. The land for the city was generously donated by Benjamin Franklin Morris, and it was named after his grandson, Joaquin Lopez. The post office in Joaquin opened the following year.

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Joaquin, TX RoadyGoat

Joaquin, Texas, sits right on the Louisiana border, and for generations, its identity has been deeply intertwined with timber. The land here, rolling hills and sandy loam, is ideal for growing Southern Yellow Pine. It wasn't always this way, though. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land, initially focused on cotton farming. But the soil, while good, wasn't quite the blackland prairie further west, and cotton prices fluctuated wildly. Around the turn of the 20th century, lumber companies recognized the potential of the vast pine forests. They built sawmills, and suddenly, Joaquin had a new industry. Timber provided a consistent income, employing families for generations. Even today, though cotton is still farmed to a degree, you see logging trucks rumbling through town, loaded with logs headed to the mills. The scent of pine hangs heavy in the air, a reminder of the industry that built, and continues to sustain, Joaquin. It's not just about the money, either; there's a real pride in working the land, in providing a resource that's used across the country.

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Joaquin, TX RoadyGoat

Joaquin, Texas, sits nestled in the Piney Woods of Shelby County, a place where the echoes of history still linger in the air. It began, like so many East Texas towns, as a small agricultural community, its fortunes tied to the rich soil and the promise of cotton. The land, originally Caddo territory, drew settlers in the 19th century, folks looking for a fresh start and a piece of the American dream. The Civil War undoubtedly cast a long shadow, disrupting lives and reshaping the local economy, though Joaquin itself wasn't the site of any major battles. What really put Joaquin on the map was the timber industry. The late 1800s and early 1900s saw sawmills springing up, fueled by the seemingly endless supply of pine trees. This boom brought people, jobs, and a sense of prosperity. Like many towns of that era, the railroad was crucial, connecting Joaquin to larger markets and allowing for the transport of lumber and other goods. While the timber boom eventually subsided, leaving its mark on the landscape, Joaquin has proven its resilience. It remains a tight-knit community, proud of its heritage and its place in the East Texas story.

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International Boundary Marker

1700

In the early 1700s, France and Spain began disputing their New World international boundary that included this area; each nation claimed what is now Texas. When the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, the boundary was still in dispute. Leaders agreed to a neutral area between the Arroyo Hondo and the Sabine River, and the 1819 Adams-Onís Treaty formally defined the border. When Texas became a republic in 1836, it appointed a joint commission with the U.S. to survey and mark the established boundary from the Gulf of Mexico up the Sabine River and on to the Red River. John Forsyth represented the U.S., and Memucan Hunt represented Texas in the work, which proved to be long and difficult. The survey crew began the demarcation process on May 20, 1840 at the Gulf, placing a 36-foot pole in the middle of a large earthen mound. Proceeding north, they placed eight-foot posts denoting the number of miles from the 32nd parallel. Upon reaching the parallel, they placed a granite marker on the west bank of the Sabine River. From that point, they traveled due north to the Red River, completing their work in late June 1841. As a result of erosion, the first granite marker on the Sabine fell into the river long ago, but a second granite marker on the northward path of the surveyors had been placed here to mark the north-south meridian. This is the only known marker remaining, and it is believed to be the only original international boundary marker within the contiguous U.S. Today, the border between Texas and Louisiana follows the Sabine River to the 32nd parallel, at which point it connects to the boundary established by Hunt and Forsyth. The Texas Historical Foundation purchased this site to provide public access to the early boundary marker.

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Fellowship Baptist Church

1818

One of the oldest Baptist churches in Texas. Founded by settlers who came by ferry across Sabine River as early as 1818. After a number of homes were built on hills near good springs of water, a church was considered essential. It is recorded that this one ministered to spiritual needs in Republic of Texas era. Congregation assembled by riding many miles, usually in farm wagons, and with baskets of food. Original log building, heated by 8-foot fireplace with mud chimney, had split log benches. The windows, without glass, had shutters on wooden hinges. In season, school was held in this early building. The name "Fellowship" honored loyalties among the pioneer families. First pastor was the Rev. Wyatt S. Childress, a kinsman of Geo. C. Childress, one of the authors of the Texas Declaration of Independence. First church clerk was Dr. John Moses Taylor. Erected after sawmills were in use in the 1870s was second church building, of plank construction. This was several times relocated and remodeled. The present structure was built in 1939; enlarged 1967. The old "Busbee Place" Spring, initially responsible for choice of this site, still supplies water for the church and baptistry. (1969)

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Morris, B. F.

1884

Alabama-born Benjamin Franklin Morris (1827-1900) came to Texas in 1838 and settled in the area that became the pioneer village of Sarat. A prosperous farmer and rancher, he gave right of way through 500 acres of his land to the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad in 1884. He also provided a 100-acre townsite to be named for his grandson Joaquin (1878-1898), requesting that a depot be built here and that passenger trains stop daily. Morris, a Confederate veteran, later donated a building site for the First Baptist Church of Joaquin.

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Johnston, Franklin Lewis

1873

Franklin (Frank) Lewis Johnston, also referred to as F. L. Johnston, Confederate soldier, attorney, state representative, and state senator, was born in Madison County, Mississippi, on October 1, 1840, the son of Luke and Mary Jane (Farrar) Johnston. The Johnston family immigrated to Texas in 1844, settling in Shelby County where Johnston was raised. In February 1862 following the outbreak of the Civil War , Johnston volunteered for service in the Confederate Army, enlisting as a private in Company H of the Eleventh Texas Infantry Regiment. He received promotion to sergeant on October 19, 1862, as well as served as quartermaster's clerk from April 1863 until it was disbanded at Hempstead, Waller County, in May 1865. Johnston had married Margaret William Dysart in Shelby County on February 7, 1865, immediately prior to this disbandment, and upon being discharged he returned to Shelby County, settling at Buena Vista. The couple had ten children, including three sets of twins, but only seven grew to adulthood. He was admitted to practice law here in 1866 and in addition was active in state and local politics. In 1873 he won election on the Democratic ticket as representative for District Two-comprised of Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Sabine, Shelby, and Panola counties-to the Fourteenth Texas Legislature. He won reelection to the house for the Sixteenth Legislature in 1878, this time representing the District Eight counties of Shelby and Panola. In 1882 he won election as senator for District Two-comprised of Shelby, Sabine, San Augustine, Rusk, Nacogdoches, and Panola counties-to the Eighteenth Texas Legislature. After these turns at state office Johnston retired to Shelby County. He died on July 12, 1897, and was buried at Johnston Cemetery near Flat Fort Creek in Tenaha.

Tsha Handbook → · 14.7 mi away

Tenaha, TX

1885

Tenaha is at the junction of U.S. highways 84, 59, and 96, on the tracks of the Southern Pacific some eleven miles northwest of Center in northern Shelby County. It was founded in 1885 as a shipping point on the Houston, East and West Texas Railway, when that railroad was being constructed through the county. The community was named by members of the Hicks family for Tenehaw Municipality, the original name of Shelby County. A post office was opened there in 1886 with James N. Woodfin as postmaster. By 1890 the town had 200 residents, several stores, three churches, and a school, and by 1896 it had an estimated 680 residents and a number of businesses, including a weekly newspaper, the Ledger . By that time Tenaha had become a shipping center for area farmers and lumbermen. The community was incorporated in the 1900s and by 1946 had several lumber-manufacturing industries and a large tomato-canning plant. By the 1980s many of these businesses no longer existed, but the town had profited by its proximity to Toledo Bend Reservoir. In 1988 Tenaha reported an estimated 1,073 residents and forty-three rated businesses. Its population was reported as 1,072 in 1990. In 2000 the population was 1,046.

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Feuds

1839

Although the feuds of Texas have received far less general attention and publicity than have the Kentucky variety, they were probably even more numerous and bitter. Half a dozen of the worst ones have become fairly well known, but dozens of others, big and little, have raged in practically every county in the state. Only one important feud broke out in Texas before the Civil War - the Regulator-Moderator War , which flourished in Shelby County and adjacent regions from 1839 to 1844, involved several hundred men on each side, and caused much bloodshed and violence. Like many of the later feuds, this trouble was at first a contest between organized outlaws and a group of vigilantes. Typically, the Regulators went to such extremes in their attempts to break up the outlaws that a group of countervigilantes came into existence to "moderate" the Regulators. Typically also, both sides drew in friends, relatives, and sympathizers from many miles away, and a war of extermination would have been the inevitable result if Sam Houston and the militia had not marched in. Great outbursts of the feuding spirit were part of the aftermath of the Civil War. Feeling against Union authorities and their local supporters touched off several explosions in the 1860s. An example of this type of disturbance was the Early-Hasley feud which occurred in Bell County from 1865 to 1869. John Early, a member of the Home Guard, abused an old man named Drew Hasley. When Hasley's son, Sam, came home after service in the Confederate Army, he took the matter up. Early had become a supporter of the Yankee officials, and they backed him. Hasley soon became the head of a party of friends and relatives, including, notably, Jim McRae, a fearless and possibly a desperate man. Early and his crowd accused the Hasley party of all sorts of thievery and depredation and brought in soldiers to clean them out. On July 30, 1869, McRae was ambushed and killed. The Hasley party broke up after that, though one of them pursued Dr. Calvin Clark, an Early supporter, into Arkansas and killed him shortly thereafter. The Lee-Peacock feud, which flourished from 1867 to 1871 in the contiguous corners of Fannin, Grayson, Collin, and Hunt counties, followed the same pattern. Bob Lee, a former Confederate officer, fell out with the Union authorities and aroused the enmity of Lewis Peacock, one of their supporters. There was killing on both sides, and Lee was waylaid and killed in Fannin County near the present town of Leonard in 1869. A systematic hunt for his friends and supporters was then begun, and several were killed. Peacock himself was shot on June 13, 1871, bringing the feud to an end. The Sutton-Taylor feud , the biggest of the feuds rooted in the war, began in 1869 and continued to cause litigation until 1899, though most of the bloodshed was over by 1876. The 1870s saw more lawlessness and more feuding than did any other period in Texas history. Most of the disturbances were the result of depredations by outlaw bands, and the typical pattern of vigilantes and countervigilantes was repeated many times. The war had left Texas comparatively undamaged, and this fact attracted many settlers from ruined communities in the older states, while the frontier offered a refuge to lawless characters. Many good people moved to Texas at this time, but the bad ones, combining forces with homegrown scoundrels, caused an outbreak of desperadoism that was hard to put down. Capt. Leander H. McNelly 's special force of Texas Rangers and Maj. John B. Jones 's Frontier Battalion gradually got the situation in hand, but large groups of outraged citizens felt obliged to take the law into their own hands until life and property were comparatively safe. Many of the cattle feuds of this period occurred in such frontier outposts as Mason, Lampasas, and Shackelford counties. The Horrell-Higgins feud in Lampasas County in 1877, the Hoodoo War or Mason County War of 1875, and the trouble over the Shackelford Count

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Everything Near Logansport

92 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Brookland Cemetery · 1.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Brookland Cemetery, a final resting place that began as a family graveyard. Brothers Henry and William Rubin Brook settled here by 1850, with Henry's burial in 1871 marking the first recorded in this…

  • Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Joaquin (Joaquin) · 3.1 mi

    Joaquin (Joaquin, TX) placed on the 2A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Karson Rogers (2 HR).

  • Fellowship Baptist Church · 3.1 mi · Historical Marker

    One of the oldest Baptist churches in Texas. Founded by settlers who came by ferry across Sabine River as early as 1818. After a number of homes were built on hills near good springs of water, a church was considered…

  • Joaquin, TX · 3.3 mi

    Joaquin was founded in 1885 as a station for the Houston, East and West Texas Railway. The land for the city was generously donated by Benjamin Franklin Morris, and it was named after his grandson, Joaquin Lopez. The…

  • The General Called Cotton Who Came Back to Joaquin · 3.3 mi

    Inside the town of Joaquin, U.S. Highway Eighty Four is the Lieutenant General O. R. Cotton Whiddon Memorial Highway. Orren Ray Whiddon went by Cotton. He was an inductee of the Stephen F. Austin State University Alumni…

  • Morris, B. F. · 3.4 mi · Historical Marker

    Alabama-born Benjamin Franklin Morris (1827-1900) came to Texas in 1838 and settled in the area that became the pioneer village of Sarat. A prosperous farmer and rancher, he gave right of way through 500 acres of his…

  • Joaquin Cemetery · 3.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Joaquin Cemetery, a place born from a sister's grief. In 1894, Allie Whiddon died at just eighteen years old. Her sister, Viola, donated land next to the new Joaquin Missionary Baptist Church to…

  • Riding the Rabbit · 4.3 mi

    The railroad that gave birth to Joaquin had a funny nickname: 'The Rabbit.' It was officially the Houston, East and West Texas Railway, or HE&WT. Locals called it the Rabbit because its narrow-gauge tracks were often…

  • The Invisible Gas Field Below · 4.3 mi

    As you drive through Joaquin, the biggest story in science and technology isn't something you can see. It's about two miles straight down. Deep beneath the town lies a layer of rock called the Haynesville Shale, laid…

  • International Boundary Marker · 4.8 mi · Historical Marker

    In the early 1700s, France and Spain began disputing their New World international boundary that included this area; each nation claimed what is now Texas. When the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in…

  • Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church · 7.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. Chartered in 1880 with eight members, this congregation was organized by Elders William H. Gresham and J. R. Alexander. Pastor Gresham, a…

  • Sholar Cemetery · 8.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Sholar Cemetery, a place marked by a heartbreaking tragedy in the summer of 1854. Six cousins, all between the ages of one and ten, died here, likely from the same illness. It's a somber reminder…

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  • Truitt Cemetery · 8.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Truitt Cemetery, the final resting place for a prominent Texas family. James Truitt, a Republic of Texas congressman and later a state senator, settled here with his wife Sarah in 1840. This…

  • Adams Cemetery · 8.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Logan, and just off the road is Adams Cemetery. Lorenzo H. Adams, a former constable and justice of the peace, donated this land in the 1880s after his young daughter Georgia Anne died. Her grave…

  • Site of Truitt Community · 8.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through East Texas, near Joaquin. Look around for remnants of a community called Truitt, also known as Willow Grove. It sprang up around a store opened by James Truitt about 1840. Truitt wasn't just any…

  • King-Oates Cemetery · 8.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the King-Oates Cemetery, established around 1853. It was recognized as a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2006.

  • Oates Cemetery · 8.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Oates Cemetery. OATES CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1863 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2012

  • Spivey · 8.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Spivey, a town that sprang up thanks to the railroad. Founded by Civil War veteran James Jackson Spivey, the community really took off when the Houston East & West Texas Railroad built…

  • Rowe, James · 11.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Panola County, passing the final resting place of James Rowe. He arrived in Texas from North Carolina, ready to fight for its independence in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1836</say-as>.…

  • Old Center Cemetery · 11.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Old Center Cemetery, a final resting place that's been serving this community since 1856. That's when James Rowe, a pioneer and veteran of the Texas War for Independence, donated the first land. His…

  • Sardis Methodist Church · 12.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through the Sardis community, which organized its first church congregation back in 1872. Neighbors built a log structure, and in 1894, a new sanctuary was constructed. The church remained active until…

  • Ramah Cemetery · 12.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through the heart of the Ramah community, a place that started as a humble homestead in the early 1870s. William Tell Pou and his wife Mollie were the first settlers here. They helped found Ramah Baptist…

  • Wimberly Cemetery · 13.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Wimberly Cemetery, established in 1870 when Clarinda Wimberly was buried here on her family's homestead. Her husband, Watford, was buried here too in 1886, and their son later reserved this acre…

  • Sardis School · 13.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Center, Texas, where the Sardis School once stood. Students here attended the Hughes School until 1917, when the W.R. Pickering Lumber Company donated land for Sardis School No. 37. This four-room…

  • First United Methodist Church of Tenaha · 14.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Tenaha, the site of the First United Methodist Church. This congregation was established in 1886 by Methodists from nearby communities, helping to build this railhead town. They constructed their…

  • Deadwood Cemetery · 14.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Deadwood Cemetery, the final resting place for early Panola County settlers. It began as a family burial ground in 1847 when Christeena LaGrone was laid to rest here. Though not officially a public…

  • Johnston, Franklin Lewis · 14.7 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Franklin (Frank) Lewis Johnston, also referred to as F. L. Johnston, Confederate soldier, attorney, state representative, and state senator, was born in Madison County, Mississippi, on October 1, 1840, the son of Luke…

  • Tenaha, TX · 14.7 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Tenaha is at the junction of U.S. highways 84, 59, and 96, on the tracks of the Southern Pacific some eleven miles northwest of Center in northern Shelby County. It was founded in 1885 as a shipping point on the…

  • Woods New Hope Baptist Church · 14.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through the historic Woods community near Tenaha. In 1855, residents established a Baptist church here, initially sharing a building with Methodists and a schoolhouse. The congregation built its own…

  • The Regulator-Moderator War · 14.9 mi

    The quiet landscape you're passing through was once the battleground for one of America's largest and most violent feuds. Before Tenaha was a town, this corner of Shelby County descended into chaos during the…

  • The Highway Forfeiture Scandal · 14.9 mi

    The highways passing through Tenaha, U.S. 59 and 84, became the center of a national controversy in the late 2000s. A practice known as civil asset forfeiture turned into what critics called 'policing for profit.' Local…

  • Tenaha, TX · 14.9 mi

    Tenaha, a town in Shelby County, Texas, has a history marked by a significant legal event. In 2009, the town became embroiled in a class action lawsuit due to allegations that local police were improperly seizing cash,…

  • The Engineering of 'The Rabbit' · 14.9 mi

    As you drive through Tenaha, you'll cross a set of railroad tracks that are the very reason this town exists. But this wasn't just any railroad. This was the Houston, East and West Texas Railway, built in the 1880s and…

  • Folklore: 'What is a Tenaha?' · 14.9 mi

    Say the name out loud and you're already halfway into the folklore: Tenaha. It comes from Tenehaw, the name the Mexican government gave this district back in 1824, before anybody called it Shelby County. But the reason…

  • The Bickham House · 14.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of a home that's seen a lot of history. The original J. M. Crawford home stood here, built in 1850, but it was lost to fire in 1885. That same year, Frederick Lee Bickham, a prominent local…

  • The First Battle · 15.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through East Texas, near Center, where a bizarre conflict known as the Regulator-Moderator War raged from 1841 to 1844. It wasn't exactly a war between nations, but more like a violent feud between two…

  • Woods Methodist Church · 15.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Woods, Texas, where the Woods Methodist Church stands. Organized before 1858 as Concord Methodist, the present site was deeded in 1876, and this building was erected by the community that winter. The…

  • Regulator-Moderator War · 15.2 mi · Historical Marker

    Before Texas had a feud tradition, Shelby County invented one. The Regulator-Moderator War started in 1839 over forged land certificates in the piney woods of deep East Texas. A man named Charles Jackson organized the…

  • Roberts, Moses Fisk · 15.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're cruising through Shelbyville, and you might be passing the old stomping grounds of Moses Fisk Roberts, better known as 'Dog' Roberts. Born in Tennessee, he came to Texas in 1836 and fought in the Texas…

  • Feuds · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Although the feuds of Texas have received far less general attention and publicity than have the Kentucky variety, they were probably even more numerous and bitter. Half a dozen of the worst ones have become fairly well…

  • Regulator-Moderator War · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through East Texas, right in the heart of the Regulator-Moderator War. This wasn't your typical Texas feud; it was a brutal, five-year conflict that raged from 1839 to 1844, primarily in Shelby and…

  • Shackelford, Jack · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through what is now Shelby County, Texas, but back in 1836, this was the heart of the Texas Revolution. Right here, you might have encountered the legendary Red Rovers, led by Captain Jack Shackelford.…

  • First County Seat of Shelby County · 15.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Shelbyville, a town that started out as Nashville before 1825. This spot holds the distinction of being the very first county seat for Shelby County. Imagine this: it wasn't just a seat of…

  • Johnson, Alvey R. · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through East Texas, not far from where Alvey R. Johnson built his life and legacy. He arrived in Texas in 1830, settling north of the Sabine River. By 1838, he was a Texas Ranger, fighting in the Córdova…

  • Roberts, Moses Fisk · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through East Texas, the land of Moses Fisk Roberts. He arrived in Texas in 1836, just in time to miss the main battle of San Jacinto. But don't feel too sorry for him – family tradition says he lost his…

  • Wilson, Francis A. · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through East Texas, maybe near Shelbyville, and you're passing through the territory served by Francis A. Wilson. He was a Methodist circuit rider, a preacher who traveled vast distances to serve…

  • East Hamilton, TX · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    East Hamilton (Hamilton, Port Hamilton) is on Farm Road 2261 twenty-three miles southeast of Center in southeastern Shelby County. Local sources suggest that the community, which was originally called Hamilton, may have…

  • Haslam, TX · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Haslam is on the Southern Pacific line and U.S. Highway 84, two miles northeast of Joaquin in northeastern Shelby County. It was formed by the Pickering Lumber Company to facilitate lumber production from the excellent…

  • Short, TX · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Short is a rural residential community located about a mile off U.S. Highway 96 and five miles south of Center in south central Shelby County. Settlement began in the area in 1870 when pioneer Elkanah Hughes homesteaded…

  • Texas and Gulf Railway · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through East Texas, near Timpson, where a railroad dream was born. Back on September 14, 1904, the Texas and Gulf Railway Company was chartered. The plan was ambitious: connect Timpson, in Shelby County,…

  • Ashton, TX · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Ashton was on Farm Road 139 seven miles southeast of Joaquin in northeastern Shelby County. It was apparently originally located on the banks of the Sabine River, just to the east of its later site. Small craft often…

  • Neuville, TX · 15.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Neuville is on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line and Farm Road 2140, nine miles south of Center in southern Shelby County. It was founded during the latter part of the 1800s and was named for the Stephen de…

  • Shelbyville, TX · 15.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Shelby County, and right here is Shelbyville. Originally called Nashville, this community was renamed in 1837 by the Republic of Texas Congress. Why? To honor Isaac Shelby, a hero of the American…

  • Lusk, George Vance · 15.6 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through East Texas, and right here in Shelby County, you're passing through the area where George Vance Lusk settled in 1834. He was already a seasoned pioneer, having lived in Kentucky, Illinois, and…

  • Bounds-Estes Cemetery · 15.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Bounds-Estes Cemetery, a resting place for local families. The first burial here was William Echols in 1855, and the last was Mary L. Carroll Bounds in 1900. The cemetery is now maintained by the…

  • Site of the Last Battle · 15.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Shelby County, where a bloody feud once tore the land apart. From 1841 to 1844, the Regulators and Moderators waged a brutal war against each other, causing heavy losses of life and property. The…

  • Fairview Cemetery · 16.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Fairview Cemetery, established in 1901 right here in Center. It was founded to expand burial space for the town's first cemetery, which belonged to the Methodist church. The Fairview Cemetery…

  • First Christian Church of Center · 16.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving by the site of the First Christian Church of Center. Formed in 1856, this congregation is one of the oldest in Shelby County, with services initially held in a house until a building was erected in 1886.…

  • Shelby County · 16.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Shelby County, a place that was once part of the neutral ground between Spanish and American claims. Settled by Anglo-Americans starting in 1824, this area became the Municipality of Tenehaw. By…

  • Center, TX · 16.4 mi

    Center has been a launchpad for individuals who have made their mark across various fields.

  • Shelby County Courthouse · 16.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Center, and right here stands the Shelby County Courthouse, a grand building that looks like it belongs in Ireland! And that's no accident. Architect J. J. E. Gibson, who designed it between 1883…

  • Texas Muster, C. S. A. · 16.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Center, Texas, where a significant Civil War event was honored right here on April 4th, 1864. This was the Texas Muster, C.S.A., held to remember Texans who fought in the Red River Campaign. This…

  • John May Cemetery · 16.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the John May Cemetery, also known as the May-Hooper Cemetery. It holds the graves of pioneer families who settled Shelby County in the 1830s. John May himself, a War of 1812 veteran and Texas Ranger,…

  • First United Methodist Church Cemetery · 16.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Center, and you're passing the First United Methodist Church Cemetery. It's one of the oldest cemeteries in Shelby County, with the first burial happening way back in 1861. Most of the folks…

  • An Irish Castle on the Texas Square · 16.5 mi

    Stand on the Center square and you are looking at the only Irish-castle-style courthouse in the United States. After fire destroyed the previous courthouse in 1882, Shelby County hired Irish-born architect John Joseph…

  • The Chicken House That Started an Industry · 16.5 mi

    Shelby County is the largest poultry producer in Texas, and the industry was engineered into being right here. As cotton faded, county agent John Moosberg went looking for a replacement crop and settled on chickens.…

  • The Town That Stole Its Own County Seat · 16.5 mi

    Center earns its plain name honestly: it sits near the geographic middle of Shelby County, and that was the whole point. In 1856 or 1857, J.C. and Margaret Wilson, with Jesse Amason, donated land for a townsite closer…

  • Ended without firing a gun · 16.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Shelby County. In this county of Shelby, once a part of the Neutral Ground, an unorganized feud known as the Regular-Moderator War was waged between 1841 and 1844. After heavy sacrifice of life and…

  • Shelby County · 16.5 mi · Historical Marker

    In this county of Shelby, once a part of the Neutral Ground, an unorganized feud known as the Regular-Moderator War was waged between 1841 and 1844. After heavy sacrifice of life and property, General James Smith,…

  • Center, TX (Shelby County) · 16.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Center, Texas, a town that owes its existence to a bit of a heist! Back in 1866, Center and the nearby community of Shelbyville were fighting over who would be the county seat. An election was…

  • Shelby County · 16.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Shelby County, an area with a history as wild as its dense East Texas forests. Back in the 1840s, this region was the stage for the infamous Regulator-Moderator War. Disputes over land titles and…

  • John Joseph Emmett Gibson · 16.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Shelby County Courthouse, a building with a story as dramatic as its "Irish castle" nickname. Designed and built by J. J. E. Gibson, a brickmaker from Ireland, construction hit a snag…

  • Short, Daniel McDowell · 16.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through East Texas, near Center, where Daniel McDowell Short lived out his final years. But before that, this lawyer and legislator was a soldier. He fought under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War, and…

  • Center, TX (Smith County) · 16.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through northern Smith County, not far from Camp Fannin. Right here is the site of Center, a community that grew up around a Methodist church built in the 1880s. That church was the heart of this place,…

  • Combs, Jesse Martin · 16.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through East Texas, maybe near Center, where Jesse Martin Combs was born in 1889. He was orphaned young, raised by his grandparents, and became a teacher before becoming a lawyer and judge. He served on…

  • A Star in the Window, a Marker by the Road · 16.8 mi

    This road carries a Blue Star Memorial Highway designation, one of a string of them across Texas. The name comes from a family tradition. When someone in a household was serving in the armed forces, the family displayed…

  • Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Center (Center) · 16.9 mi

    Center (Center, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Easton Wulf (3 HR).

  • Westview Cemetery · 16.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Westview Cemetery, the final resting place for many of Center's newly freed slaves after the Civil War. Before this official cemetery formed in 1912, burials were often near former owners or black…

  • They Named Their Farm Town Africa · 17.0 mi

    Three miles southeast of Center, in Shelby County, former slaves cleared heavily wooded land in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and built a farming community they called Africa. It started with a one-room…

  • Hunter, TX · 17.1 mi

    Hunter, Texas. It’s a place you might drive through without a second thought, but beneath the quiet surface, there's a story to be told.

  • Riley's Tavern · 17.1 mi

    Picture a seventeen-year-old kid sitting on the steps of the Texas Capitol in 1933, waiting. Prohibition had just been repealed, and James Curtis Riley wanted to be first in line — and he was. He walked away with the…

  • The Irish Castle of East Texas · 17.1 mi

    If you get a chance to drive by the town square, you can’t miss the Shelby County Courthouse. It doesn't look like any other courthouse in Texas. It looks like a medieval Irish castle dropped into the middle of the…

  • The Engineering of a Chicken Dinner · 17.1 mi

    The biggest STEM story in Center isn't in a lab; it's in the massive poultry processing plants that anchor the town's economy. These facilities are marvels of industrial engineering, logistics, and food science,…

  • Center, TX · 17.1 mi

    Center, Texas, has a rich history that dates back to its founding. Originally called White Cottage, the town was renamed Center to reflect its location near the center of Shelby County. A pivotal moment in its history…

  • The Bloody Feud That Shaped a County · 17.1 mi

    Before Center even existed, this part of Texas was infamous for one of the largest and bloodiest feuds in American history: the Regulator-Moderator War. In the early eighteen forties, when Texas was its own republic,…

  • Mull Cemetery · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Mull Cemetery. The Rev. James Allen and John M. Mull, brothers who married sisters Rebecca and Mary Dempsey, respectively, brought their families here from Alabama in 1894. In Mar.

  • Milton Irish · 18.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the story of Milton Irish, a Maine native who came to Texas in 1835. He fought with Texas forces during the Revolution, including at the Siege of Bexar and the Battle of Coleto Creek. Captured at…

  • Antioch Missionary Baptist Church · 18.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, founded in 1871 by five charter members. The original sanctuary was built in 1876 on land donated for the church and its cemetery. The current church…

  • McWilliams Cemetery · 18.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past McWilliams Cemetery, originally known as Wayfare or McWilliams Graveyard. It served the Todd Springs community, largely populated by African Americans, since the settlement's early days. Though named…

  • Antioch Cemetery · 18.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Antioch Cemetery near Carthage. The oldest tombstone here dates back to 1849, though the land wasn't officially set aside until 1875. Many early Panola County families like the Millers, Holmes, and…

  • Anderson Cemetery · 19.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Anderson Cemetery. ANDERSON CEMETERY SITUATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CARTHAGE ON A HILL SHADED BY LARGE TREES, ANDERSON CEMETERY IS THE BURIAL PLACE FOR MANY OF PANOLA COUNTY&#x2019;S EARLY…

  • George Washington Green · 19.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through the heart of what was once the Bobo community, established on land owned by George Washington Green. He arrived in Texas in 1878, and by 1885, he was buying up land along the new Houston East &…

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