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Jefferson is
one of Texas' most historic and well-preserved towns.
Finest collection of ante-bellum houses in one place in Texas.
Attractions include historic home tours, river tours and horse and
mule drawn tours.
Annual Events Include:
Historic homes
tour in May
"Diamond
Bessie" Trial.
Holiday
Trail of Lights - A Christmas Treat.
Stops includes Marshall,
Jefferson and Kilgore
in East Texas and Natchitoches
and Shreveport in Louisiana.
Jefferson
Hotels > Book
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Marion County
Towns and Ghost Towns
County Seat - Jefferson
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Lodi
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Jefferson
Tourist Information
Jefferson
Chamber of Commerce: 903-665-2672
Website: www.jefferson-texas.com
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The
First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, 2005 |
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The
Lake That Wasn't and Was and Wasn't and Is by C. F. Eckhardt
("Charley Eckhardt's Texas" Column)
The story of Caddo Lake and Jefferson
"...In 1861 Jefferson was one of the most prosperous towns in
Texas, shipping tons of cotton down Caddo Lake to the logjam, where
they were transported overland a short distance to the Red River and
then shipped down the Red to the Mississippi, loaded onto seagoing
ships at New Orleans, and then shipped to Europe to be sold. Jefferson
even had a railroad.... more" |
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