TEXAS POSTCARD PDF

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Today, visitors can explore the Texas State Railroad to learn more about the history of the railroad industry in East Texas. Railroads moved the supply of lumber around the state and brought visitors to the region. Since the early 19th century, the lumber industry looms large in East Texas. From oil gushers to fields of soaring oil rigs, this booming industry is splashed across postcard after postcard. The oil industry has made its mark not only on the landscape but also on the regionвЂ™s postcard memories. The region is home to one of the most important oil regions in the nation, the East Texas basin, which includes the extensive East Texas oilfield. These images serve as mementos of a changing landscape. News stories of the day, like the 1916 Paris, Texas fire, were documented through postcards. These images document the important buildings of the time where people gathered for public events or went about their day-to-day life. Postcards of East Texas towns capture the local architecture and small town feel. Each June, the Alabama-Coushatta host a powwow.

Visitors can enjoy Lake Tombigbee and the surrounding hiking and nature trails. Located in the Big Thicket region since 1854, the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation offers recreational campgrounds that accommodate more than 200,000 visitors annually. вЂњDo you remember the day this beautiful event took place? I think I shall never forget it,вЂќ Don Kelly Southeast Texas Postcard collection, 1991/183-1464 Oil Fields of Texas poem, Postcards of Texas from Norman Erikson, 1961/008-296.

Texas postcard