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A ride on the Texas State Railroad is a MUST for your ETX bucket list! ⁠ ⁠ Step onto one of the handsomely refurbished train cars and be transported to a simpler, more leisurely time where the distractions of the modern world suddenly disappear. ⁠ ⁠ Breathe deep, enjoy a drink and relax as you lose yourself on a round-trip, four-hour, 25-mile rail journey through the Piney Woods of East Texas where history is just part of the journey. Depots are located in Palestine and Rusk.⁠ ⁠ Find out more: https://texasstaterailroad.net/⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #palestinetx #rusktx #railroad #steamengine #rails #train #trains #engine ⁠ #locomotive #steamtrain #railway #trainspotting #trainstation #steamlocomotive⁠ #easttexas #etx #nature #texas #texashistory #travel #tx #woods ⁠ #explore #homeiswhereyouparkit #wildplaces #boondocking #getoutside #pinetrees #pines #pinetree

The Historic Bowers Mansion in Palestine, Texas.⁠ ⁠ Texas History- Built in 1878 by merchant Henry Ash, the house received an upgrade after Andrew L. and Nellie O'Connell Bowers purchased the house in 1884. ⁠ ⁠ The Bowers hired architect-builder W. W. Wainright in 1886 to add the cupola, gazebo, circular galleries. In 1897, architect Charles Dunbar was hired for ornate renovations. ⁠ ⁠ The Bowers continued to enlarge and enrich the structure until 1921. Andrew L. Bowers, an International & Great Northern Railroad official, president of Palestine Salt & Coal Co., banker, mayor for 20 years, active in Anderson County oil discoveries, died in 1926. ⁠ ⁠ The Bowers family owned the house for 72 years. In 1970, the house was restored by Carl and H.R. Avera. The Bowers Mansion was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1973.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #andersoncountytx #palestinetx ⁠ ⁠ #historichouse #architecture #design #home #architecturelovers #homedesign #architect #historichome #oldhome #circaoldhouses #oldhouses #dreamhouse #oldhouselove #oldhouse #oldhousecharm⁠ ⁠ #easttexas #etx #nature #texas #texashistory #travel #tx #woods

Here’s a little bit of Texas summed up in one photo. 🤠 ⁠ We’re Texas proud! ⁠ ⁠ Pictured is Anderson County, Texas.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #andersoncountytx #horse #horses #cowboy #cowboys #texasflag #ranching #rodeo ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #easttexas #etx #nature #texas #texashistory #travel #tx #woods

Pictured is the Deweyville/Sabine Tram Company - 1916⁠ ⁠ Deweyville owed its origin to the purchase of 28,000 acres of timberland in south Newton County by the Sabine Tram Company in 1889. For 11 years, its owners cut logs along their 21 miles of rails and floated them downriver to the Bancroft and Gilmer sawmills at Orange. By 1900 the company decided to build its own sawmill at a new town named Dewyville.⁠ ⁠ For more information on the history of the town here’s a great article: https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Deweyville-was-a-sawmill-town-that-refused-to-die-772141.php⁠ ⁠ 📸Book of Texas