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The L-O-N-G Roads
of Texas: Texas-State-Highway-16 by
C. F. Eckhardt 3-3-08
Texas’ state highways are some of the most interesting ways to travel.
They pass through—not go around—interesting communities of every sort.
The towns are both beautiful—sometimes (and sometimes not so beautiful)—and
often historically interesting. The two longest state highways in
Texas are Highway 16 and Highway 6. Both cut across scenic and historically
significant parts of the state... |
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new
Route
77: “The Padre Road”
4-10-08
Victoria, Texas to the Rio Grande Valley
Seven Bridges, Five Rivers, Two Creeks and One Interesting Drive
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Saratoga
Ghost Road
by Ken Rudine 9-9-07
Two miles north of Saratoga off FM787 is the beginning of Bragg
Road which travels north to FM1293. It is the Ghost Road where the
Saratoga Mystery Light has appeared....
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East Texas
Drives
"Love's
Look Out"
on Highway
69, Jacksonville
Sabine National
Forest
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From Center, take Hwy 87,
FM 417 and FM 2694 to Boles Field Recreational Area, and other Forest
Services Roads in Sabine National Forest
East
Texas Sunday Drives
( Excerpts
from the book by Bob Bowman )
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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Texas
Panhandle Drives
FM
669
- Between
Post and Gail - reaches edge of Texas High Plains, or the Llano
Estacado
Verbena
- "...Verbena is 4.4 miles North of Hwy 380 on FM 2008. ...
The drive is scenic and thus well worth [an] altered route. Continuing
North on 2008 was just as scenic and reminded me of the Texas Plains
Trail on Hwy 70 & 207 from Borger to Dickens." - David Higgins,
Lubbock, Texas, September 14, 2005
Silverton,
Panhandle scenic drives
Borger,
Panhandle scenic drive
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International
Pavedway
by Mike Cox 2-21-08
The International Pavedway never existed anywhere but on a map, but
most Texans have traveled it many times...
El
Camino Real
East Texas' oldest highway: The King's Highway (Texas 21) stretches
from Toledo Bend Reservoir near Milam to San Antonio. It is also one
of our most scenic roadways. The route was used by Indians and traveled
by Spanish missionaries in 1791. It is also known as El Camino Real,
the Old Spanish Trail, and the Old San Antonio Road." (From "Holiday
Day Trips" by Bob Bowman) |
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