After spending several years living in central Texas east Texas is by far my favorite part of the state. They actually get rain and have green grass and trees.
As a Brit ,I find this fascinating. I've always wanted to have a look at small town America.Youre doing exactly what I've always wanted to do. Good luck to you and thanks!
Oldest Town In Texas, here. Great video. Love driving the rural roads from Nacogdoches to Tyler and Longview. All around East Texas, really. Thank you for all your time and knowledge that you share with others.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Good to hear! Nacogdoches is a beautiful town. It's not far from Center, home to the still-functioning Rio Theatre, conveniently located on the square, and home to a really neat historical courthouse.
@@tastyenchilada Center was so named, because it is in the center of Shelby County. The "square" has had a MAJOR upgrade, be sure to check out older pics of stores around the square, and the old jail, so near what was the original school campus.
Hey Piney Woods neighbor! I lived in Nac for just over 20 years! Worked at Etech for about 10 years and saw the Harlem Globe Trotters at SFA and did Christmas shopping at the Lufkin mall with Rudolph the Red Nosed Pumping Unit lol I miss Nac. Hope you're doing well!
"Tenaha, Timpson, BoBo and Blair" was the name of an OLD Tex Ritter Song my dear Mother-in-law would sing every time we went to my Husband's Grandmother's house near Timpson. Those were train stops back in the 20's & 30's and how most traveled between small farming towns back then. In 1976, when my husband and I married, we lived with my inlaws out of Shelbyville, in a small community called Huxley. It was just 2 miles from the Huxley Bay Marina on Toledo Bend. He drove a chicken hauling truck as his job at the time. WOW!! Thanks for the Happy Memories this one brought back to me. My husband passed away very unexpectedly 4 years ago.
East Texas is beautiful. We drove through on our way to Florida. East Texas culturally is much more "Old South" than the Central / Western part of the state which is more "Midwestern" in nature. Scenery-wise, East Texas reminded me a lot of the Deep South except the trees were about 8-10 ft. taller.
I was raised and currently live in Schulenburg which is right on the edge of central and south TX and it feels very southern in nature to me. But maybe that’s because I’ve never lived anywhere more east than Houston
My first teaching job was in Tenaha in 1967. I was the senior class sponsor for 12 graduates. This is the first time I’ve seen the town since the night of high school graduation in 1967. Thanks for letting me see it once again.
Thank you for visiting our small town. I know it seems like nothing is going on in Overton but we are just getting started. We have started a non profit group called the Overton Heritage Foundation to help revitalize and grow our small community. I think you will see much progress a few years from now. I grew up in Orlando and have come to love east Texas, especially Overton. Can't beat small town country life.
I have done business in Overton over the last 25 or so years. I live about 40 miles north. Ocerton needs a family friendly bar & grill like in Cushing.
During y'alls revitalization efforts, please work to avoid building "stroads" at all costs. My hometown in GA makes similar revitalization claims but all they've managed to do for decades is pack an already overcrowded highway with cheap fast food driving our local wages lower, our youth out of the area, and me out of my mind with traffic congestion. This is a small town that bulldozed most of the original historical architecture in our downtown square to make room for the incredible profit making abilities of....parking lots. 🙄
I been a trucker over 40 yrs. I can tell you the best place in this country, the worst, where you want to be and why.Cost of that part of America and anything else you need to know!!!!
Miss those big old pine trees , I was born in Lufkin in 1951 and then my parents moved to Tyler and I loved living in east Texas, it's so beautiful ❤️ . I wish I could move back there . P.S. love to all my Doggett relatives are 💖
Should have mentioned that the Carthage High School football team has won about 10 state titles in the last 15 years and will probably win another one this year. I almost married a girl from Carthage and used to run the fried chicken store there.
Just up the road from Rusk, is a town called Reklaw. It is actually Walker, spelled backwards. Just down the road from there is Sacul. It's actually Lucas, spelled backwards. When the Walker matriarch, Mary Walker, decided to claim the town, she was told she couldn't name it Walker, as there was already a Walker, Texas. She said no problem, we'll just spell it backwards, hence Reklaw. Down the road, in Sacul, same thing. There was already a Lucas,Texas, so the Lucas family decided to name it backwards, following the Walker's lead. Reklaw has a city limits sign that says "Reklaw- Walker spelled backwards! Stop and ask a local about it!" 🤠👌
The New London School Memorial is worth checking out. Back in the 1930s the New London school exploded, killing over 300. It was due to a gas leak. Odorless natural gas leaked and collected in the basement and ignited, resulting an explosion. Because of this, odors are now required to be put in natural gas and engineers are required to be licensed to make sure leaks can be detected and for better practice in designing public buildings.
@@danawisinger7961 no skip! He just did not know about it. Great big Country with LOTSA stories like this. Not everyone knows about EVERY STORY! Please. Cut Spoda some slack!!!
I was judging a field trial. At lunch my wife and I sit at a picnic table. 2 men sit down with us. One older man was from New London. I asked him if he knew anybody that was in the school when it blew up. He said he did, the other man said the older man was in the school that day. He was one of 6 people still living that was in the school when it blew up. He was interesting to talk to.
Your first stop in Overton, TX triggered something in my mind. I never heard of the town until now even though I live less than two hours away in Plano. Yet Overton rung a bell, and I didn't know why. Then it came to me. It was an episode of Rod Serling's original TV show "The Twilight Zone." The episode was called "Walking Distance." It was about this guy going to the small town he grew up in. He needed relief from the big town job pressures he was enduring and so he wanted to see old time reminders, places and reminiscence of the once easy and simple life. Just before he got to his boyhood hometown he decided to park the car at a distance and walk the rest of the way into the town; hence the title of the episode. When he arrived into town he realized he had walked into the past! His past, at a time when he was about ten! The small town looked like the one you're in except it was alive and without decay. There were soda jerks at the drug store where he had a malt (like they used to make them-the "old fashion" way), and there was a park, and a carnival with a merry-go round! Then he met his father! But this was after he first met his younger self! Confused? Ha, ha! Anyway, the father (his father) gives him some advice; basically he tells him he's better off in his own time and he didn't belong here (the past). "Is it so bad where you come from?" the father asks. Note: I haven't seen the episode in decades so my quote may not be spot on. I still couldn't figure out what the Overton angle was to me when you were walking around. Then the credits rolled. IT HIT! The father in this episode was played by Frank OVERTON. I guess somewhere in my mind I remembered that name and when you went there walking around the old town the scenery, the name and situation and everything came back to the Twilight Zone even though it wasn't obvious to me at first. I guess it was like the town of Carthage ringing in your mind before you remembered "Bernie." Thanx again for the trip.
My wife's daddy was born in Henderson. His daddy was Houston Brookshire, one of the founders of Brookshire Brothers grocery stores. That's an interesting story in itself!
Brookshires stayed in the downtown area in my family's East Texas town. My mom could still drive and shop into her late 80s. Probably wouldn't have been able to if she had to do the highway.
And Bigfoot from what I’ve heard, but what would I know I only owned a farm and restaurant and bar in the same Houston national forest several Bigfoot hunters came in for a brew and a pie
We use to drive from Houston to Texarkana and went through all these little towns on Hey 59. When they built loops around them they started to die. What a shame.
Overton always brings back wonderfully warm memories of my youth!In late 40’s early 50s the town was really alive and growing! I was borne in Henderson TX. So it wasn’t a problem visiting friends in Overton. The buildings were full of businesses. East Texas was magical place to grow up.
My grandparents are from "Taneja" the HS football stadium is named after my grandfather. There's a time capsule that's buried in the center of the town. It's kind of interesting, it was buried in 1980, and is scheduled for removal in 2030. That failed gas station used to have a man selling produce out of his pick-up. I used to walk the train tracks that ran up the town across from the HS when visiting family.
I was born in Henderson, moved to Bullard when I was two. The majority of my mom's family is spread out between Lindale and Houston, and mostly concentrated in Tyler. I remember tiny Troup's 7th grade football team having just enough players (12) to take the field. We were told to try not to hurt any of their players, as they'd have to forfeit their season if they lost a player to injury. Lots of celebrities, especially athletes, born in East Texas. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes in Whitehouse, Coach Lovie Smith from Big Sandy, quarterbacks Josh and Luke McCown from Jacksonville, Larry Centers from Longview, Earl Campbell from Tyler...
I live in Bullard(moved here from League City just over a year ago, have a lot of family in Bullard) and work for the City of Tyler. I love Bullard, the town itself has such a homey feel to it. This past week a game was called off due to injuries to the other team, and Tuesday Bullard has called for all the students to wear the other team's color in support of them. Doesn't get more sportsmanship-ly than that.
All from supporting our towns. If only other folks see what we all accomplished by buying local. Piggly Wiggly gone but brookshire brothers still hanging on.
These small downtowns are relics of another time. The modern “downtowns” are the Valero, Wal Mart and chain restaurants. You’re a lucky man to do what you do.
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REO Speedwagon`s drummer lives in East Texas right across the Sabine River from Logansport, La in Joaquin, Tx. We saw him occasionally in the grocery store. I lived in Logansport for over a decade. Horrible place. Dirt cheap drugs and thieves. How I survived it I don`t know. I sold my property for a loss and hitched a ride out after they stole everything I had including my truck. It was that or start hurting people. I remember the terrible feeling of darkness and despair beyond belief when the sun went down there. It hurt worse than anything I`ve ever felt.
One of the reasons I enjoy your videos beside they are well done and you make me feel like I've been there, is the fact you are an admirer of architecture. As I am I like the older buildings and homes. I guess that's why I live in a 130 year old home. Thanks for the great videos. I look forward to them.
Your channel popped up in my feed and absolutely love it! I love taking my 81 yo mom on Texas road trips and we’ve been to quite a few. Including some on this video. Nacogdoches has to be my top 5 in East Texas. Thanks again and keep them videos coming. We certainly appreciate them. 👍🏼🙏🏼
Thank you for the kind words, hc, and thank you for watching. BTW, we will be visiting Nacogdoches within the next few months. I've had many requests for that city. :)
@@bornstandin you realize that the early 90s was 30 years ago right? I have lived all over East Texas and I guarantee there aren't any sun down towns anymore.
TEXAS my favorite State, where I was BIG and famous in Radio broadcast out of Houston in the 90's to 105 Cities Nationwide on the Q-morning Zoo! Hung out with all the Rock Stars, Movie and TV Stars. I've visited EVERY State in America. Charming, Quaint, back-roads of East Texas - sorry you missed the most important City, Nacogdoches, The oldest Town in Texas, College of SFA.-where I got my BA, Nacogdoches, it is mentioned in 2 John Wayne movies as, Big Jake - he says to a bad guy "you must be from Nacogdoches". I did take an old train ride in Rusk back in 85 with a girlfriend, Thanks for the Charming videos, I LOVE old movie theaters too, I managed one with 3 pictures houses built in the 1930's in Wharton Texas, downtown square, where I went to Jr. College, cute town. Now Im in Florida, and I really dont know why - this makes me want to move back to TEXAS!
Greetings in the video you went to numerous East Texas towns. In Jacksonville, you might have thought to mention the basket factory here you can purchase the old style weaved "peach / tomato" baskets. We were there and bought a couple of baskets to use as trash cans in the bedrooms. Plus, you were right about the crazy layout of the city. In your travels have you gone to: Manvel, Alvin, Angleton, Danbury, Rosharon?
I love the old buildings and think of how they could be restored and brought back to life. How wonderful it would be if people could appreciate what was once a thing of beauty
In some of these dead and dying towns, while walking around it might be interesting to talk with any locals you see, and ask them about their impressions of the town. Like maybe at the open shop in Overton (at 5:18) or at the barbershop (at 6:03).
These aren't dead and dying towns. They aren't going anywhere. Lol People from Texas acknowledge those towns on almost a daily basis. We drive through them on a daily basis.
Overton has more than that on the end of town lol there are eating places, a grocery store, etc. Henderson also has a strip with a bunch of stores. These videos aren't even showing the popular areas of town. 😂
Many parts of East Texas Hill Country is absolutely gorgeous! Btw, back in Carthage where you saw Jesus carrying the older man, that inspiration comes from the last line in Footprints In The Sand that reads, He Whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you!”
My hometown is Carthage, TX....Just keep on this road & you can't miss it. Most of my folks are from Gary, population 303. We're pretty proud to be from East Texas. Absolutely LOVE your channel. If I'd known you were going to be in the area, I'd have made you a good meal, or 2. Let me know if you come back this way again. And I'm not joking. As a 60 yrs old granny, I just live to feed people. 🙂☺☺🥞🍗🥪 It's a shame you missed the Syrup Festival in Henderson. It's on the 2nd weekend of Nov. Maybe you'll make it one year. I sure wish you had talked about Carthage being the home town of Jim Reeves, Linda Davis, & Randy Ritter instead of Bernie....but alas, we have too much history to document in one little segment. LOL
When I was a little kid I always watched a TV show called on the road the host was Charles Curalt he traveled in an RV or at least they made it appear as such. He did as you are searching the backroads of America for good stories to show the viewers of course he had a fairly good production budget i think so he was able to do in depth interviews of people and places. If you haven’t seen any of his shows you may find them interesting. One of my bucket list items is to go to some places he went to observe the progress since his visits.
Did I miss you going thru New London? That's a major party of history?!? Of course the explosion, mentioned above, but also our school was the first to have lights on the football field!
There was a Dollar General spotted not only in Teneha but also, at the video's very outset, in Overton. A lovely gazebo in Rusk's central park and another one (may have been in Tempsen) with a canvas covered line of folding chairs facing it. Likely there was or shall be an outdoor country concert in the gazebo. In Overton, the Sexton and Coolidge buildings, both built in the early 1930's, as you reported, though separated, had their facades built of the same kind of beautiful tan-colored brick. Lastly, we all applaud your laudable albeit ambitious goal of videoing every landed space of sparsely populated rural America. Wonderful idea! Your loyal followers will stick with you and I expect and hope you'll get many more.
It's unfortunate what Dollar General is doing, they supply more unhealthy food & this seems to be cutting into the amount of money that would be made by a true grocery store, now if they offered the full line of products that the small guy did then it wouldn't be a big deal but Dollar General is kind of a throw away store if you ask me they aren't providing the community anything it didn't already have. When possible I realize this fact and shop at the small guy regardless of the price because if the small guy goes away entirely then the town will have lost the better service. Dollar General is way too small and limited to give people the basic things that they need.
I'm from Nederland, TX and I have seen many of these places. I love passing through lesser known small towns while on the road. I live in Chicago now, and I miss driving through these areas. I'm having a lot of fun watching your series, thanks!
I drove truck back in the 1970s L.A. to Houston and all over Texas Rio Grande Valley Good 2 lane roads. Lots of little redneck towns friendly people! Good times!
My dad was raised in Garrison, TX and moved to a bunch of places even after getting married, before finally settling down around New Caney. Both towns are suffering tbh -- while Garrison seems to be yet another of those dead and dying towns, New Caney is quickly being swallowed up by Valley Ranch (the area around the junction of I-69/US 59 and the Grand Parkway)...
Well..there are these Americana towns from Maine to California..we had lotsa fun driving around too. You would be wise to visit the local coffee watering holes..and get some local gossip! Your followers would skyrocket.thinking of doing it ourselves in r rv! Have fun!
I've been there. I was lucky to have been with 2 women that lived in East Texas. The one that got away lived in Winnsboro TX. Her name Jessica Leigh Hobbs. Things didn't work out and I met another East Texas girl from Diana TX named Carrie Louise Frey. I never got over Jessica Hobbs and I divorced Carrie but there's something about East Texas that has a piece of my heart. From Jefferson Texas, Van, Hawkins, Diana, Tyler, and good ole Winnsboro. I live in Denton and it's nothing like East Texas. I'm actually from South TX by Padre Island but I felt like home in East Texas. If you ever go to Hawkins or Winnsboro look up Dr Jill Hobbs that's Jessica's mom and she's the best veterinarian in the area.
@@amybobamie7366 Nice to meet you, my name is Ivan and still live here in Denton. I still like East Texas but more for the scenery and the calmness of the outdoors. I don't think much about the past anymore because I want to find new places to seek and new memories before I get too old. Like I mentioned I grew up in South TX by Padre Island and Denton is another place I've known as home. What do you like about Denton?
Seeing the cats is always great. That must been a wild one or a lost pet. Most of these towns are on or near highway 59. Some neat towns with the busy through traffic.
I used to run 911 as a Paramedic in Henderson. Lovely town. I lived in Tyler and of all the smaller towns in East TX, Henderson was one of my favorites.
What a beautiful statue outside of Carthage. When you said New London was just a wide spot in the road, Sandy Duncan must have been born in the only house there. My fraternity president was born in Tenaha. He said it was a small town, and I never thought I’d see it. It is, and thank you for showing it. Keep up the good work!
I’m from Longview, grandpa is from ore city. The best people and the best living there is. Close to Shreveport, and 2 hours from Dallas. Overton has a prison and Henderson has the State prison. There was a movie made from Carthage about the undertaker . And I can just go on. And the food is awesome, and some of the best bass fishing at Lake O The pines.
My late husband grew up in Rusk and his brother still lives there his other brother is in Nagadoches and one passed in Tyler and one more brother lives in Jacksonville I went to Rusk in 1999 drove around the square and that was it
I LOVED this video! I love all your videos! It’s so funny, you visited East Texas! My mom is from there! She grew up in Tenaha! We loved going to my grandmother’s house when we were little, mostly in the 70s! I’m very familiar with Rusk, Timpson, BoBo, Blair, Carthage, Henderson! Thanks for this great walk down MEMORY LANE! Spent some of the best Christmas’ here. Love the smell of pine trees to this day!🥰🙏🏽
I grew up outside of Palestine, Texas which is some 30 miles west of Rusk on US 84. The railroad mural you saw is representing the Texas State Railroad which runs parallel to 84 from Rusk to Palestine. It’s a tourist attraction and you can ride the train either round trip or one way. I’m not sure if it survived the pandemic, but it was a popular draw for both Rusk and Palestine. The town of Maydelle is ten miles west of Rusk, and like most of these little towns, has dwindled to almost nothing. Maydelle had its own school where I attended along with my siblings. Sadly it closed 35 years ago although the buildings remain. The Cherokee Theater was where I saw my first movie at the age of 5 or 6. I believe it was “North To Alaska” which starred John Wayne. I’m glad the building still stands. Thank you for the tour and the chance to relive old times 😊
Hell, we sound like cousins. Old school is a tourist cite and the train , I still take my Mrs at Christmas. Athens, home of the hamburger though Connecticut says they invented it, pfffff, that's like giving them founder of chili too😂, but Athens rodeo is my weekends.
Man oh man!! If I had the money (and the youth/energy) I would love to buy an old theater like the one in Overton and remodel it into a glorious home. It could be so beautiful.
This is jus AWESOME, I've been wanting to do this exact traveling expoditions, in these small Texas towns but without enogh resources, it's just undoable😭😭 I'm glad your doing this, I love LEE ANN WOMACK, NICE TO SEE, SHE WAS BORN THERE, WOWWW!!! THANKS FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME 😁☺️👍 MORE PLEASE. 👋👍
Hi Lord Spoda A good trip in rural Texas. It's a wonder. As you enter a different state you see a distinctly different architecture. Many of the houses in rural small towns are brightly colored. It's a difficult and hard job filming those odd places. Appreciate your tenacity. Thank you for these informative and entertaining videos.
I used to drive through Henderson whenever I traveled from Houston to Longview and back for college. They have a great Whataburger at 630 US-79 N that's filled with guitars, surfboards, and has a cool 50's theme!
I grew up in a town close to Shreveport, Louisiana called Bossier City. Very familiar with Carthage Texas. The movie you talked about Bernie wasn't just a movie, it was a real murder. In a small town like Carthage it was a horrible thing.
My Mama's side of the family is from East Texas. My great grandparents was born near Jacksonville and my grandpa and his brothers and sisters were born close to Jacksonville in a small community called Larissa which is on highway 175. You can see the houses they and my great grandma grew up in from the highway. At one point back in 2008 my great grandmama was the oldest person alive in Jacksonville and the surrounding area. She passed away at the age of 109 years old. We had her funeral at the big church in Jacksonville, I forgot the name of it. I love East Texas and seeing all the trees and the landscape. I live in the Lubbock area, and we have nothing but cotton farms and a lot of dirt lol
Also you were super close to New London Texas where in 1937 a shop teacher turned on a tool ,the tool threw a spark and the whole school blew up "The Day a Generation Died" 🥺 I actually graduated from that school in 2002 there is a neat museum in New London about the explosion. The school explosion is why there is a smell in natural gas today because if the teacher could have smelled that there was a gas leak then nothing would have been turned on. Every year on March 18th there is a ceremony well there use to be, there is a monument in the middle of the little town of New London in honor of all who lost there lives that day. Even Hilter sent a condolence letter to the school offering condolences.
Maybe a bit more notable than Sandy Duncan, though I didn’t know New London was her birthplace. Also, this disaster remains the 3rd worst fatality disaster in the history of the State of Texas.
@@michaelhasten4882 I thought it would have been mentioned but 🤷🏻♀️... Yes it was terrible my Boyfriend's grandfather always had problems after that happened of course he was a young boy when he attended but his story was ;he really liked this girl who sat two seats over from him and the day of the explosion he asked a young lady to switch seats with him so he could be closer to the girl he liked and had he not switched seats that day he would have died instead of the girl who did... He told that story all the way up til he died and a couple of days before he passed away he said he hopes he sees that young lady in heaven to tell her he is very sorry for switching seats with her!!! 🥺🥺
@@haleyoneil9172 that story is in the museum, and I have no doubt he carried guilt with him his entire life. My father in law’s family lived in the area when that happened. Some families lost all of their children that day 😢
😃🤗So thrilled to see you visit Henderson and Carthage- proud to say that we live between those two towns, in the beautiful, quiet Pineywoods! (Glad that you were successfully able to avoid the tornados in our area that weekend… that Friday night was a real nail biter!!🫣😅)
After spending several years living in central Texas east Texas is by far my favorite part of the state. They actually get rain and have green grass and trees.
Lots of hail storms. Hurricane warning for Houston. No water workbreaks in TX.
As a Brit ,I find this fascinating. I've always wanted to have a look at small town America.Youre doing exactly what I've always wanted to do. Good luck to you and thanks!
Me too, from the town of "old" London. I'm never going to visit a place like this in real life, so very interesting.
As an American, I’ve always to visit the UK and see castles and all the other beautiful old architecture and structures!
@@rogermoreno1152 You,d be made very Welcome.Go to the Welsh border and Wales itself to see some Awsome castles.plenty here to see,😁👍👍
@@rogermoreno1152 You can always swap guys :D
If your ever in Tx I’ll take you around where I grew up which was needville Tx and Rockdale Tx
Oldest Town In Texas, here. Great video. Love driving the rural roads from Nacogdoches to Tyler and Longview. All around East Texas, really. Thank you for all your time and knowledge that you share with others.
Awesome, thank you Jinx. We'll be heading towards Nacogdoches sometime in the next few months.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Good to hear! Nacogdoches is a beautiful town. It's not far from Center, home to the still-functioning Rio Theatre, conveniently located on the square, and home to a really neat historical courthouse.
@@tastyenchilada Center was so named, because it is in the center of Shelby County. The "square" has had a MAJOR upgrade, be sure to check out older pics of stores around the square, and the old jail, so near what was the original school campus.
Hey Texas fam. I'm originally from nacogdoches.
Hey Piney Woods neighbor! I lived in Nac for just over 20 years! Worked at Etech for about 10 years and saw the Harlem Globe Trotters at SFA and did Christmas shopping at the Lufkin mall with Rudolph the Red Nosed Pumping Unit lol I miss Nac. Hope you're doing well!
"Tenaha, Timpson, BoBo and Blair" was the name of an OLD Tex Ritter Song my dear Mother-in-law would sing every time we went to my Husband's Grandmother's house near Timpson. Those were train stops back in the 20's & 30's and how most traveled between small farming towns back then. In 1976, when my husband and I married, we lived with my inlaws out of Shelbyville, in a small community called Huxley. It was just 2 miles from the Huxley Bay Marina on Toledo Bend. He drove a chicken hauling truck as his job at the time. WOW!! Thanks for the Happy Memories this one brought back to me. My husband passed away very unexpectedly 4 years ago.
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I cross every part of Sabine River. Louisiana got us beat on visitors center. Coming back, we got old motels and DPS to greet us home🤣😁
Greetings from Switzerland. USA is a beautiful country. Love watching your videos. Lovely towns and villages, each with their own character.
Wow, coming from you that says a whole lot. Thank you so much for your comment about Texas.
as a texan thank you, switzerland is absolutely breathtaking
If you're reading this have a wonderful week!
Same to you!
Only a week? How about forever?
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I'm a month late to this comment does it still apply?
What if I synthesized it?
East Texas is beautiful. We drove through on our way to Florida. East Texas culturally is much more "Old South" than the Central / Western part of the state which is more "Midwestern" in nature. Scenery-wise, East Texas reminded me a lot of the Deep South except the trees were about 8-10 ft. taller.
I was raised and currently live in Schulenburg which is right on the edge of central and south TX and it feels very southern in nature to me. But maybe that’s because I’ve never lived anywhere more east than Houston
Central Texas is not "Midwestern" at all.
@@TheKevinNewsomyeah I've lived in San Angelo since the 70s, dude mine as well say we're "more Andromeda Metropolitan Space-port"
Texas isn’t Midwestern. It is a mix of the South and Southwest. East Texas is the South
@@brileyvandyke5792 - i have always said Texas is where the deep south and the wild west come together; slowly but surely...
My first teaching job was in Tenaha in 1967. I was the senior class sponsor for 12 graduates. This is the first time I’ve seen the town since the night of high school graduation in 1967. Thanks for letting me see it once again.
Lol..I graduated in 1968 from Bellaire High School (Bellaire/Houston) class with 888 people.
Thank you for visiting our small town. I know it seems like nothing is going on in Overton but we are just getting started. We have started a non profit group called the Overton Heritage Foundation to help revitalize and grow our small community. I think you will see much progress a few years from now. I grew up in Orlando and have come to love east Texas, especially Overton. Can't beat small town country life.
I talked to a gentlemen there who is on the city council. He said thy e same thing - big plans for the town.
I have done business in Overton over the last 25 or so years. I live about 40 miles north. Ocerton needs a family friendly bar & grill like in Cushing.
During y'alls revitalization efforts, please work to avoid building "stroads" at all costs. My hometown in GA makes similar revitalization claims but all they've managed to do for decades is pack an already overcrowded highway with cheap fast food driving our local wages lower, our youth out of the area, and me out of my mind with traffic congestion. This is a small town that bulldozed most of the original historical architecture in our downtown square to make room for the incredible profit making abilities of....parking lots. 🙄
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Hope so. People are leaving the overcrowded and crime infested cities.
Im in Orlando, and went to College at SFA, wish I never left East Texas!
Miss the beautiful pine trees.
The theater in Overton was the first movie theater I went to as a child. It was an Art Deco masterpiece!
It is a beauty.
Wow I grew up there and as a kid it was long abandoned, I ALWAYS wanted to go in or for Overton to fix it up.
I been a trucker over 40 yrs. I can tell you the best place in this country, the worst, where you want to be and why.Cost of that part of America and anything else you need to know!!!!
Miss those big old pine trees , I was born in Lufkin in 1951 and then my parents moved to Tyler and I loved living in east Texas, it's so beautiful ❤️ . I wish I could move back there .
P.S. love to all my Doggett relatives are 💖
I’m going to miss it so much. I plan on moving away when I’m older but there is really nothing like it anywhere else ❤️
Wow God is good. I literally was praying to be able to see different cities in this area to be able to decide on my next move. 🙏 God bless you sir!
My family back in Texas while we were a country, 1835. Welcome to my world. Thank You. Timpson High School football is undefeated this year…🎉
As a daingerfieldite I say congrats wish yall the best moving forward!
Should have mentioned that the Carthage High School football team has won about 10 state titles in the last 15 years and will probably win another one this year. I almost married a girl from Carthage and used to run the fried chicken store there.
that’s cool, just found out my ancestors where belgian farmers that had settled in texas but somehow moved more east!
Just up the road from Rusk, is a town called Reklaw. It is actually Walker, spelled backwards. Just down the road from there is Sacul. It's actually Lucas, spelled backwards. When the Walker matriarch, Mary Walker, decided to claim the town, she was told she couldn't name it Walker, as there was already a Walker, Texas. She said no problem, we'll just spell it backwards, hence Reklaw. Down the road, in Sacul, same thing. There was already a Lucas,Texas, so the Lucas family decided to name it backwards, following the Walker's lead. Reklaw has a city limits sign that says "Reklaw- Walker spelled backwards! Stop and ask a local about it!" 🤠👌
Cool! Thank you for that info.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip You're most welcome, sir!
My parents had a farm in Reklaw just a few miles from the power plant. Dad passed and mom sold the farm and cattle
I live on a street named Samoht... The developer of the neighborhood was supposedly named "Thomas."
Being from Nacogdoches, we had a lease in Sacul, and I LOVE that part of the country
The New London School Memorial is worth checking out. Back in the 1930s the New London school exploded, killing over 300. It was due to a gas leak. Odorless natural gas leaked and collected in the basement and ignited, resulting an explosion. Because of this, odors are now required to be put in natural gas and engineers are required to be licensed to make sure leaks can be detected and for better practice in designing public buildings.
Yea he skipped right over that.
@@danawisinger7961 no skip! He just did not know about it. Great big Country with LOTSA stories like this. Not everyone knows about EVERY STORY! Please. Cut Spoda some slack!!!
I was judging a field trial. At lunch my wife and I sit at a picnic table. 2 men sit down with us. One older man was from New London. I asked him if he knew anybody that was in the school when it blew up. He said he did, the other man said the older man was in the school that day. He was one of 6 people still living that was in the school when it blew up. He was interesting to talk to.
This is my backyard…great little part of the state.
Overton was built on oil during the Kilgore, East Texas Oil Boom
Rusk was my favorite. So much history in all of these towns
Your first stop in Overton, TX triggered something in my mind. I never heard of the town until now even though I live less than two hours away in Plano. Yet Overton rung a bell, and I didn't know why. Then it came to me. It was an episode of Rod Serling's original TV show "The Twilight Zone." The episode was called "Walking Distance." It was about this guy going to the small town he grew up in. He needed relief from the big town job pressures he was enduring and so he wanted to see old time reminders, places and reminiscence of the once easy and simple life. Just before he got to his boyhood hometown he decided to park the car at a distance and walk the rest of the way into the town; hence the title of the episode. When he arrived into town he realized he had walked into the past! His past, at a time when he was about ten! The small town looked like the one you're in except it was alive and without decay. There were soda jerks at the drug store where he had a malt (like they used to make them-the "old fashion" way), and there was a park, and a carnival with a merry-go round! Then he met his father! But this was after he first met his younger self! Confused? Ha, ha! Anyway, the father (his father) gives him some advice; basically he tells him he's better off in his own time and he didn't belong here (the past). "Is it so bad where you come from?" the father asks. Note: I haven't seen the episode in decades so my quote may not be spot on.
I still couldn't figure out what the Overton angle was to me when you were walking around. Then the credits rolled. IT HIT! The father in this episode was played by Frank OVERTON. I guess somewhere in my mind I remembered that name and when you went there walking around the old town the scenery, the name and situation and everything came back to the Twilight Zone even though it wasn't obvious to me at first. I guess it was like the town of Carthage ringing in your mind before you remembered "Bernie." Thanx again for the trip.
Fascinating. Great comment!
I remember that episode! I love the Twilight zone! I've seen them all. Great comment I enjoyed reading.
WOW...I remember that episode.
Really enjoyed the comment also. Thanks.
Wow that’s effing random.
My wife's daddy was born in Henderson. His daddy was Houston Brookshire, one of the founders of Brookshire Brothers grocery stores. That's an interesting story in itself!
They have a Brookshire brothers here in DeRidder Louisiana
I like Brooks hire stores..but I am in San Antonio..which has none
There’s one 1/2 mile from my house in Lake Charles, LA.
Brookshires stayed in the downtown area in my family's East Texas town. My mom could still drive and shop into her late 80s. Probably wouldn't have been able to if she had to do the highway.
Brookshire Brothers was Good Parteners with Transylvania Pennsylvania Ditzo and Watson American Beef Warehouse
An art deco theater is an aestheticly indestructible thing.
East Texas Piney Woods is gorgeous, loaded with wildlife & huge trees!
And Bigfoot from what I’ve heard, but what would I know I only owned a farm and restaurant and bar in the same Houston national forest several Bigfoot hunters came in for a brew and a pie
We use to drive from Houston to Texarkana and went through all these little towns on Hey 59. When they built loops around them they started to die. What a shame.
Overton always brings back wonderfully warm memories of my youth!In late 40’s early 50s the town was really alive and growing! I was borne in Henderson TX. So it wasn’t a problem visiting friends in Overton. The buildings were full of
businesses. East Texas was magical place to grow up.
My grandparents are from "Taneja" the HS football stadium is named after my grandfather. There's a time capsule that's buried in the center of the town. It's kind of interesting, it was buried in 1980, and is scheduled for removal in 2030. That failed gas station used to have a man selling produce out of his pick-up. I used to walk the train tracks that ran up the town across from the HS when visiting family.
I knew your grandfather, I’m from there myself
I was born in Henderson, moved to Bullard when I was two. The majority of my mom's family is spread out between Lindale and Houston, and mostly concentrated in Tyler.
I remember tiny Troup's 7th grade football team having just enough players (12) to take the field. We were told to try not to hurt any of their players, as they'd have to forfeit their season if they lost a player to injury.
Lots of celebrities, especially athletes, born in East Texas. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes in Whitehouse, Coach Lovie Smith from Big Sandy, quarterbacks Josh and Luke McCown from Jacksonville, Larry Centers from Longview, Earl Campbell from Tyler...
Don’t forget about Adrian Peterson from Palestine Tx and Dez Bryant from Lukfin
Jeremy lane tyler
Trent Williams Longview
Matt Flynn tyler
Greg ward tyler
This bowser tyler
I live in Bullard(moved here from League City just over a year ago, have a lot of family in Bullard) and work for the City of Tyler. I love Bullard, the town itself has such a homey feel to it. This past week a game was called off due to injuries to the other team, and Tuesday Bullard has called for all the students to wear the other team's color in support of them. Doesn't get more sportsmanship-ly than that.
All from supporting our towns. If only other folks see what we all accomplished by buying local. Piggly Wiggly gone but brookshire brothers still hanging on.
Robert Newhouse - Hallsville/Longview
These small downtowns are relics of another time. The modern “downtowns” are the Valero, Wal Mart and chain restaurants. You’re a lucky man to do what you do.
Good evening Sir, my respect, what you want to do is a really big target, cause the US is most a rual nation.I will follow you with joy. Greatings from your German fan 👍 🇺🇸 🇩🇪.
Thank you, Uwe!
One of my favorite things to do is go for a car ride to explore new places!
REO Speedwagon`s drummer lives in East Texas right across the Sabine River from Logansport, La in Joaquin, Tx. We saw him occasionally in the grocery store. I lived in Logansport for over a decade. Horrible place. Dirt cheap drugs and thieves. How I survived it I don`t know. I sold my property for a loss and hitched a ride out after they stole everything I had including my truck. It was that or start hurting people. I remember the terrible feeling of darkness and despair beyond belief when the sun went down there. It hurt worse than anything I`ve ever felt.
Interesting. Thank you for the comment.
Damn, that’s so sad…and scary.
I have a friend who lives up right near Joaquin in the closest thing approaching a town in Shelby County. He hates Logansport too
Sounds like crapifornia these days.
Glad you made it out. Hope you’re thriving where you are now. ✌🏾
One of the reasons I enjoy your videos beside they are well done and you make me feel like I've been there, is the fact you are an admirer of architecture. As I am I like the older buildings and homes. I guess that's why I live in a 130 year old home. Thanks for the great videos. I look forward to them.
Thank you, RR. We are definitely on the same page. :)
That footsteps in the sand is awesome.made me shed a tear
Me too
I absolutely love your plan for your channel! What a treasure you’re building! Thank you! 😊
Wow, thank you for that, Jennifer!!
Yes! Someday these videos will be like a priceless time capsule!
My grandmother lived in Henderson other family still does I grew up going to all those small towns love it there
We have one in Kaufnan Texas and l live it prices and all.God bless all that’s watching this🙏
Your channel popped up in my feed and absolutely love it! I love taking my 81 yo mom on Texas road trips and we’ve been to quite a few. Including some on this video. Nacogdoches has to be my top 5 in East Texas. Thanks again and keep them videos coming. We certainly appreciate them. 👍🏼🙏🏼
Thank you for the kind words, hc, and thank you for watching. BTW, we will be visiting Nacogdoches within the next few months. I've had many requests for that city. :)
I loved this one - never been to rural parts of East Texas and found these places really charming. Saved to my favorites 😊
Awesome, Veruca!
@@bornstandin you realize that the early 90s was 30 years ago right? I have lived all over East Texas and I guarantee there aren't any sun down towns anymore.
What is a sundown town please. I'm from NZ and haven't heard of that term. Thank you
@@sandydouglas3799 black people aren't allowed in that town after the sun goes down
@@juarezderrick9647 Thank you for your reply. That's astonishing. Surely not these days?
Love your videos its lovely to see the other side of America , the buildings have no character all of then are like boxes .
I love overton what a beautiful lil town
Great commentary, it's all interesting thanks keep up the good work
Thank you, Betty.
East Texas is awesome, I get lots of construction work out there.
Good job dude keep hitting them little towns I’m from a small town in Indiana !! 👍😊
TEXAS my favorite State, where I was BIG and famous in Radio broadcast out of Houston in the 90's to 105 Cities Nationwide on the Q-morning Zoo! Hung out with all the Rock Stars, Movie and TV Stars. I've visited EVERY State in America. Charming, Quaint, back-roads of East Texas - sorry you missed the most important City, Nacogdoches, The oldest Town in Texas, College of SFA.-where I got my BA, Nacogdoches, it is mentioned in 2 John Wayne movies as, Big Jake - he says to a bad guy "you must be from Nacogdoches".
I did take an old train ride in Rusk back in 85 with a girlfriend, Thanks for the Charming videos, I LOVE old movie theaters too, I managed one with 3 pictures houses built in the 1930's in Wharton Texas, downtown square, where I went to Jr. College, cute town. Now Im in Florida, and I really dont know why - this makes me want to move back to TEXAS!
Greetings in the video you went to numerous East Texas towns. In Jacksonville, you might have thought to mention the basket factory here you can purchase the old style weaved "peach / tomato" baskets. We were there and bought a couple of baskets to use as trash cans in the bedrooms. Plus, you were right about the crazy layout of the city. In your travels have you gone to: Manvel, Alvin, Angleton, Danbury, Rosharon?
Teneha,timpson, bobo and Blair famous song written by Tex Ritter.about four towns in east Texas
The masonry work on the old buildings is just spectacular. Once craftsmen lived in this country in great abundance but sadly they seem extinct now.
I love the old buildings and think of how they could be restored and brought back to life. How wonderful it would be if people could appreciate what was once a thing of beauty
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Thank you for the video. I really love rural areas, so much easier to live. Best wishes from upstate NY, stay safe!!
Thank you, Sierra!
Nice ride!, very interesting little towns. TKS.
Thank you, Paula.
Brought back memories, of when I used to work in East Texas.
Hey, thanks so much for posting this! My husband wants to move us out to that area, and I loved seeing the towns you got on video ^^ really cool!
In some of these dead and dying towns, while walking around it might be interesting to talk with any locals you see, and ask them about their impressions of the town. Like maybe at the open shop in Overton (at 5:18) or at the barbershop (at 6:03).
We just started a revitalization process in Overton. It's gonna take a minute.
i hunt near some of htese towns theyll just tell you its always been quiet
would love some street interiews
These aren't dead and dying towns. They aren't going anywhere. Lol People from Texas acknowledge those towns on almost a daily basis. We drive through them on a daily basis.
Overton has more than that on the end of town lol there are eating places, a grocery store, etc.
Henderson also has a strip with a bunch of stores. These videos aren't even showing the popular areas of town. 😂
Many parts of East Texas Hill Country is absolutely gorgeous!
Btw, back in Carthage where you saw Jesus carrying the older man, that inspiration comes from the last line in Footprints In The Sand that reads,
He Whispered,
“My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you!”
I hope it isn’t on public property or paid for with tax dollars.
So much fun cruising these small towns.
Thanks for taking me along!!
Thanks for the wonderful video, I really enjoyed watching it.
My hometown is Carthage, TX....Just keep on this road & you can't miss it. Most of my folks are from Gary, population 303. We're pretty proud to be from East Texas. Absolutely LOVE your channel. If I'd known you were going to be in the area, I'd have made you a good meal, or 2. Let me know if you come back this way again. And I'm not joking. As a 60 yrs old granny, I just live to feed people. 🙂☺☺🥞🍗🥪 It's a shame you missed the Syrup Festival in Henderson. It's on the 2nd weekend of Nov. Maybe you'll make it one year. I sure wish you had talked about Carthage being the home town of Jim Reeves, Linda Davis, & Randy Ritter instead of Bernie....but alas, we have too much history to document in one little segment. LOL
My Dad was born and raised in Rusk county I spent a lot of time there as a child visiting relatives in the Henderson area.
THANK U SO MUCH FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PLACES U TAKE ME TOO THROUGH YOUR SUPER GREAT VIDEOS
Your channel is great and helps me try to find a quiet place to retire.
Love your channel. I love seeing the different homes across the country.
Thank you for the kind words, Elizabeth!
When I was a little kid I always watched a TV show called on the road the host was Charles Curalt he traveled in an RV or at least they made it appear as such. He did as you are searching the backroads of America for good stories to show the viewers of course he had a fairly good production budget i think so he was able to do in depth interviews of people and places. If you haven’t seen any of his shows you may find them interesting. One of my bucket list items is to go to some places he went to observe the progress since his visits.
.Lovec his shows.
I understand that when he retired he just sat behind a desk.
He also wrote some very good books about his travels.
Did I miss you going thru New London? That's a major party of history?!? Of course the explosion, mentioned above, but also our school was the first to have lights on the football field!
Excellent goal! This niche, done the right way, was just waiting to be explored. I enjoy these vicarious journeys.
There was a Dollar General spotted not only in Teneha but also, at the video's very outset, in Overton. A lovely gazebo in Rusk's central park and another one (may have been in Tempsen) with a canvas covered line of folding chairs facing it. Likely there was or shall be an outdoor country concert in the gazebo. In Overton, the Sexton and Coolidge buildings, both built in the early 1930's, as you reported, though separated, had their facades built of the same kind of beautiful tan-colored brick. Lastly, we all applaud your laudable albeit ambitious goal of videoing every landed space of sparsely populated rural America. Wonderful idea! Your loyal followers will stick with you and I expect and hope you'll get many more.
Thank you for that, David.
I worked in Tenaha back in 1980, before I moved to Houston.
It's unfortunate what Dollar General is doing, they supply more unhealthy food & this seems to be cutting into the amount of money that would be made by a true grocery store, now if they offered the full line of products that the small guy did then it wouldn't be a big deal but Dollar General is kind of a throw away store if you ask me they aren't providing the community anything it didn't already have. When possible I realize this fact and shop at the small guy regardless of the price because if the small guy goes away entirely then the town will have lost the better service. Dollar General is way too small and limited to give people the basic things that they need.
The Rusk train😎. Especially at Christmas.
Though I wished he'd have walked in one of our German shops. I visit family out in Riverside and cut across through Trinity.
I'm from Nederland, TX and I have seen many of these places. I love passing through lesser known small towns while on the road. I live in Chicago now, and I miss driving through these areas. I'm having a lot of fun watching your series, thanks!
Thanks for visiting my home ❤️ it’s a little secret Texas gem 💎 area 🤫 LOL . We like to keep it this way too 😉
I drove truck back in the 1970s L.A. to Houston and all over Texas Rio Grande Valley Good 2 lane roads. Lots of little redneck towns friendly people! Good times!
Timpson, Tenaha, Bobo, and Blair are four towns just a little further north that found world fame due to a song during WWII.
My dad was raised in Garrison, TX and moved to a bunch of places even after getting married, before finally settling down around New Caney. Both towns are suffering tbh -- while Garrison seems to be yet another of those dead and dying towns, New Caney is quickly being swallowed up by Valley Ranch (the area around the junction of I-69/US 59 and the Grand Parkway)...
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Thank you for sharing all the videos. I love this kind of docuVblog. Very educational and informative.
Thank you for watching, Rath.
Thank you for taking us with you on this adventure. I enjoyed it. :)
Well..there are these Americana towns from Maine to California..we had lotsa fun driving around too. You would be wise to visit the local coffee watering holes..and get some local gossip! Your followers would skyrocket.thinking of doing it ourselves in r rv! Have fun!
Jackson billed has a complex of homes with members of one family
AWESOME CHANNEL L.S. 😃👍
Agreed!
Thank you, Johnny!!
I've been there. I was lucky to have been with 2 women that lived in East Texas. The one that got away lived in Winnsboro TX. Her name Jessica Leigh Hobbs. Things didn't work out and I met another East Texas girl from Diana TX named Carrie Louise Frey. I never got over Jessica Hobbs and I divorced Carrie but there's something about East Texas that has a piece of my heart. From Jefferson Texas, Van, Hawkins, Diana, Tyler, and good ole Winnsboro. I live in Denton and it's nothing like East Texas. I'm actually from South TX by Padre Island but I felt like home in East Texas. If you ever go to Hawkins or Winnsboro look up Dr Jill Hobbs that's Jessica's mom and she's the best veterinarian in the area.
Hey there neighbor, I’m from East Texas living in Denton also
@@amybobamie7366 Nice to meet you, my name is Ivan and still live here in Denton. I still like East Texas but more for the scenery and the calmness of the outdoors. I don't think much about the past anymore because I want to find new places to seek and new memories before I get too old. Like I mentioned I grew up in South TX by Padre Island and Denton is another place I've known as home. What do you like about Denton?
Seeing the cats is always great. That must been a wild one or a lost pet. Most of these towns are on or near highway 59. Some neat towns with the busy through traffic.
Henderson is my hometown. You drove through the hood!
The last town reminds me of Freeport, TX.. All over the place with not much to see. Great job as always ☺️
I used to run 911 as a Paramedic in Henderson. Lovely town. I lived in Tyler and of all the smaller towns in East TX, Henderson was one of my favorites.
I grew up in the Jacksonville rusk and troup area. Its cool to see someone exploring my old home area.
What a beautiful statue outside of Carthage. When you said New London was just a wide spot in the road, Sandy Duncan must have been born in the only house there. My fraternity president was born in Tenaha. He said it was a small town, and I never thought I’d see it. It is, and thank you for showing it. Keep up the good work!
I’m from Longview, grandpa is from ore city. The best people and the best living there is. Close to Shreveport, and 2 hours from Dallas. Overton has a prison and Henderson has the State prison. There was a movie made from Carthage about the undertaker . And I can just go on. And the food is awesome, and some of the best bass fishing at Lake O The pines.
I'll be visiting Longview soon!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip the butcher shop and Jucys has the best burgers. And Pizza King is a must . Go Lobos👍
Go to Whitehouse Texas.
My late husband grew up in Rusk and his brother still lives there his other brother is in Nagadoches and one passed in Tyler and one more brother lives in Jacksonville I went to Rusk in 1999 drove around the square and that was it
I LOVED this video! I love all your videos! It’s so funny, you visited East Texas! My mom is from there! She grew up in Tenaha! We loved going to my grandmother’s house when we were little, mostly in the 70s! I’m very familiar with Rusk, Timpson, BoBo, Blair, Carthage, Henderson! Thanks for this great walk down MEMORY LANE! Spent some of the best Christmas’ here. Love the smell of pine trees to this day!🥰🙏🏽
Thank you. Great job.
Thank you for the kind words, Matthew.
I grew up outside of Palestine, Texas which is some 30 miles west of Rusk on US 84. The railroad mural you saw is representing the Texas State Railroad which runs parallel to 84 from Rusk to Palestine. It’s a tourist attraction and you can ride the train either round trip or one way. I’m not sure if it survived the pandemic, but it was a popular draw for both Rusk and Palestine. The town of Maydelle is ten miles west of Rusk, and like most of these little towns, has dwindled to almost nothing. Maydelle had its own school where I attended along with my siblings. Sadly it closed 35 years ago although the buildings remain.
The Cherokee Theater was where I saw my first movie at the age of 5 or 6. I believe it was “North To Alaska” which starred John Wayne. I’m glad the building still stands. Thank you for the tour and the chance to relive old times 😊
I grew up off 84 further West of you. But spent a lot of time near Rusk, Good memories. Take care
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Hell, we sound like cousins. Old school is a tourist cite and the train , I still take my Mrs at Christmas. Athens, home of the hamburger though Connecticut says they invented it, pfffff, that's like giving them founder of chili too😂, but Athens rodeo is my weekends.
@@joey8567bro I live in Athens tx
@@killshot-dr5jf I'm always at the boathouse restaurant or log cabin corner store for a burger.
Thanks for sharing the beauty and tranquility of the rural countryside of not only Texas but all of USA
Man oh man!! If I had the money (and the youth/energy) I would love to buy an old theater like the one in Overton and remodel it into a glorious home. It could be so beautiful.
This is jus AWESOME, I've been wanting to do this exact traveling expoditions, in these small Texas towns but without enogh resources, it's just undoable😭😭 I'm glad your doing this, I love LEE ANN WOMACK, NICE TO SEE, SHE WAS BORN THERE, WOWWW!!! THANKS FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME 😁☺️👍 MORE PLEASE. 👋👍
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A good trip in rural Texas.
It's a wonder. As you enter a different state you see a distinctly different architecture. Many of the houses in rural small towns are brightly colored.
It's a difficult and hard job filming those odd places. Appreciate your tenacity.
Thank you for these informative and entertaining videos.
Thanks, Rajeev. And you're right - the architecture does change, a lot. It's really interesting, I think.
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL SO MUCH! THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING CONTENT!
I used to drive through Henderson whenever I traveled from Houston to Longview and back for college. They have a great Whataburger at 630 US-79 N that's filled with guitars, surfboards, and has a cool 50's theme!
Really good Whataburger
I grew up in a town close to Shreveport, Louisiana called Bossier City. Very familiar with Carthage Texas. The movie you talked about Bernie wasn't just a movie, it was a real murder. In a small town like Carthage it was a horrible thing.
The folks in Carthage loved Bernie and detested Margie so didn't shed any tears over her murder.
New London has an interesting history. Look into the New London School Explosion.
Thanks for uploading such an illuminating and revealing content 🎉. Love to move texas from UK 🇬🇧
My Mama's side of the family is from East Texas. My great grandparents was born near Jacksonville and my grandpa and his brothers and sisters were born close to Jacksonville in a small community called Larissa which is on highway 175. You can see the houses they and my great grandma grew up in from the highway. At one point back in 2008 my great grandmama was the oldest person alive in Jacksonville and the surrounding area. She passed away at the age of 109 years old. We had her funeral at the big church in Jacksonville, I forgot the name of it. I love East Texas and seeing all the trees and the landscape. I live in the Lubbock area, and we have nothing but cotton farms and a lot of dirt lol
Jacksonville has the oldest footbridge in the state
Also you were super close to New London Texas where in 1937 a shop teacher turned on a tool ,the tool threw a spark and the whole school blew up "The Day a Generation Died" 🥺 I actually graduated from that school in 2002 there is a neat museum in New London about the explosion. The school explosion is why there is a smell in natural gas today because if the teacher could have smelled that there was a gas leak then nothing would have been turned on. Every year on March 18th there is a ceremony well there use to be, there is a monument in the middle of the little town of New London in honor of all who lost there lives that day. Even Hilter sent a condolence letter to the school offering condolences.
Maybe a bit more notable than Sandy Duncan, though I didn’t know New London was her birthplace. Also, this disaster remains the 3rd worst fatality disaster in the history of the State of Texas.
@@michaelhasten4882 I thought it would have been mentioned but 🤷🏻♀️... Yes it was terrible my Boyfriend's grandfather always had problems after that happened of course he was a young boy when he attended but his story was ;he really liked this girl who sat two seats over from him and the day of the explosion he asked a young lady to switch seats with him so he could be closer to the girl he liked and had he not switched seats that day he would have died instead of the girl who did... He told that story all the way up til he died and a couple of days before he passed away he said he hopes he sees that young lady in heaven to tell her he is very sorry for switching seats with her!!! 🥺🥺
My Dad born & raised in Arp, TX. He remembered hearing the explosion.
@@danawisinger7961 I couldn't believe it wasn't mentioned in this video 🤷🏻♀️
@@haleyoneil9172 that story is in the museum, and I have no doubt he carried guilt with him his entire life. My father in law’s family lived in the area when that happened. Some families lost all of their children that day 😢
😃🤗So thrilled to see you visit Henderson and Carthage- proud to say that we live between those two towns, in the beautiful, quiet Pineywoods! (Glad that you were successfully able to avoid the tornados in our area that weekend… that Friday night was a real nail biter!!🫣😅)
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Thank you for this video. Always wanted to see those towns. My daughter lives in Tyler.
Thank you for letting me travel with you love your videos I learn alot
Some of the best BBQ I’ve ever had in my life was in east Texas close to the Louisiana border in a tiny BBQ shack on the side of the road.