East Texas Travel Guide
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East Texas takes life slower than the more urbanized parts of the state. To be sure, all the traditional Texas touchstones are here: cattle grazing on the prairie, pickup trucks rolling down dirt roads, the smell of barbecue smoking in roadside shacks, and a fanatical devotion to high-school football. The region played a role in the rise of Texas oil, starting with the Spindletop Well near Beaumont, which began gushing in 1901. Other oil discoveries followed, including the legendary East Texas Oil Field near Kilgore, which by the 1930s had made Texas the leading producer of "black gold."
East Texas Hotels
Throughout East Texas, lodging tends toward chain motels, with the occasional bed-and-breakfast. Older, historic towns like Nacogdoches and Jefferson often...read more
East Texas Restaurants
East Texas has a bit of a Southern, near-the-bayou flavor. So while Texas mainstays like barbecue and chili populate the menus at the region's main-street...read more
Things To Do in East Texas
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Travel Deals in East Texas
- Dallas Fares to/from Los Angeles (each way) Virgin America
- Dallas 4-Star Airport Hotel w/Breakfast, $50 Off The Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport
- Weekends at Dallas 4-Star Hotel incl. Parking Sheraton Dallas Hotel
- Car Rentals in Dallas CarRentals.com
East Texas Experiences
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Sam Houston Memorial Museum: Pay tribute to a Texas hero at this Huntsville gem.... Read more
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As a state with one of the largest prison populations in the United States—it contends with California for most inmates held by a state... Read more
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Most Texans know about the Lone Star State's two most famous shrines to liberty: the Alamo, where a band of Texas soldiers were besieged and... Read more
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias was a competitor right down to the sewing prize she won at the 1931 State Fair of Texas. But the Port Arthur native is... Read more
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Thick stands of pine trees are the most obvious natural feature in East Texas, but lush growths of flowers and other colorful plants flourish... Read more
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Known for his wit, occasional unruly behavior—he allegedly beat one of his accusers with a cane—and service in politics, Houston... Read more
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