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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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