The Big Thicket guidebook
Subtitle: exploring the backroads and history of southeast Texas
By: by Lorraine G. Bonney ; edited and with contributions by Maxine Johnston and Pete A.Y. Gunter
Contributors: Johnston, Maxine, 1928-; Gunter, P. A. Y. (Pete Addison Y.), 1936-; Big Thicket Association
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Number 6 in the Temple Big Thicket series; Temple Big Thicket series -- no. 6.
Publisher: Big Thicket Association; University of North Texas Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Saratoga, Tex.]; Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 850
ISBN-13: 9781574413182
Subjects: Guidebooks; Automobile travel; Tours; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (P. 794-802) and index.
Table of contents: title: Some east Texas history; title: Introduction; title: Meet the Big Thicket; title: Geology of the Big Thicket; title: The Indians; title: G.T.T. : the pioneers; title: Timbering the Big Thicket; title: The blessed Trinity; title: Some southeast Texas towns; title: Batson, wildest of 'em all; title: Beaumont: from sawdust town to bonanza city; title: Out of a canebrake... Jasper, forest jewel; title: Kountze, town with a sense of humor; title: "Atascosito" becomes Liberty; title: Saratoga, the heart!; title: Silsbee, birthplace of industrial forests and conservation; title: Sour Lake; springs versus oil; title: Shootout in Woodville; title: Roadside history of southeast Texas; title: Tour 1 US 59: Houston to Lufkin; title: Tour 2 TX 105: Cleveland to Beaumont; title: Tour 3 FM 787: Cleveland via Saratoga to US 69; title: Tour 4 FM 770: Raywood, Hull, Batson, Saratoga, old Hardin; title: Tour 5 FM 326: Nome to Kountze; title: Tour 6 TX 146: Liberty to Livingston; title: Tour 7 US 90: Houston, Dayton (Trinity River Wildlife Refuge), Libeerty, Beaumont; title: Tour 8 US 287: Corrigan, Chester, Woodville; title: Tour 9 US 190: Livingston, Indian Village, Woodville, Jasper; title: Tour 10 US 69-287: Beaumont to Woodville; title: Tour 11 US 96, FM 92: Beaumont to Steinhagen Lake (west side); title: Tour 12 TX 63, RR 255: Jasper/Bevilport/old Zavala/Ebenezer/forks of the river; title: Tour 13 Old Jasper/Beaumont highway; title: Tour 14 US 190 and TX 87: Jasper/Newton/Orange; title: Tour 15 Interstate 10: Orange, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, San Jacinto, Houston.