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Nothing Besides Remains: Confluence at Bedias Creek
Nothing Beside Remains offers a profound journey through time, exploring the layered history of the region of Northern Walker County, where Bedias Creek flows into the Trinity River. From the…
The New Deal in East Texas
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created a series of New Deal programs intended to bring relief to millions of impoverished Americans. This tour highlights the…
John Lomax's East Texas Tour
Follow "Ballad Hunter" John Avery Lomax (1867-1948) on his travels through East Texas as he searched prison yards and company towns for authentic folk songs. Between 1933 and 1940, Lomax toured the…
The Drag: Huntsville's Black Business District
"The Drag" is a slang term given to Black business district, that existed primarily from the 20th-century Jim Crow Era to the 1980's (the Cox Funeral Home is the only one still standing). Located on…