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THE EAST TEXAS
SUNDAY DRIVE BOOK


by Bob Bowman

East Texas Driving Tours:

  • 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

  • Carthage : Music from two country masters
    Carthage, Jim Reeves, Tex Ritter, 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.

  • Huntsville : Old Sam, prisons and pine trees
    Huntsville, Oakhurst, Point Blank, Coldspring, Sam Houston National Forest, and Huntsville State Park

  • Longview and Marshall : A metropolitan Sunday Drive
    Longview, Marshall, Hallsville, Scottsville, and Jonesville

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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