{"id":186,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:32:48","latitude":30.8399107999999984031092026270925998687744140625,"longitude":-95.3936727999999902749550528824329376220703125,"title":"Bethea Creek","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://easttexashistory.org/files/fullsize/88caf7e4f1583b52d31bc31316809222.jpg","address":"FM 980 and Shorewood Dr., Riverside","all_locations":[],"zoom":8,"creator":["Texas Historical Marker"],"description":"A tributary of the Trinity River, Bethea Creek (pronounced Buh-thay) is named for John and Elizabeth Bethea, pioneer settlers of the area. John settled in present-day Walker County in the 1830s and was an early gristmill operator and postmaster in the nearby riverport settlement of Newport, now a ghost town. Soon after Riverside was established along a rail line in the early 1870s, the Betheas moved to the town and operated a gristmill. This stream, which bears their name, remains as a symbol of the contributions made by the area's earliest settlers.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":[],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://easttexashistory.org/files/fullsize/88caf7e4f1583b52d31bc31316809222.jpg":{"id":2981,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"View from the Bethy Creek Resort in Riverside, Texas.","description":"","thumbnail":"https://easttexashistory.org/files/square_thumbnails/88caf7e4f1583b52d31bc31316809222.jpg"}}}