Cherokee Rose
Highway 84 WestRusk TX 75785
Ph: (903)683-1985
thecherokeerose@hotmail.com
www.thecherokeerose.net
Cherokee County's first bank, established 1884, in 1865 building. Euclid St. and U.S. 69
Rusk, TX Historic BuildingsCentral administration building of present Rusk State Hospital built as main building of former Rusk State Prison, 1878. Iron structures, including dome of State Capitol, fabricated here by prisoners. Ave. A and U.S. 69. Historical marker gives details.
Rusk, TX Historic MarkersEach of the two units of the park offers outdoor fun and recreation, such as camping, hiking, picnicking, and pedal boating, along with watching native birds and small mammals. Rusk/
Rusk, TX State ParksOperated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, antique steam engines power vintage coaches 25 miles to Palestine in the nation's longest, skinniest state park through dense East Texas forestlands. Reservations recommended. (In Texas call toll-free 1-800-442-8951.)
Rusk, TX Railroad HistoryA gift to the city from businessman Bo Pilgrim, the tower features four Paccard bells from France and a chapel that never clo...
An early judge of the First District Court of Texas, Cullen lived in this large house of Greek Revival style, the entire uppe...
Several routes near Rusk offer excellent woodland scenery: U.S. 69 both north and south; also F.M. 347, F.M. 747 (neither sho...
Shelby County, one of the original counties in the Republic of Texas, is rich in history. The museum, a three-building comple...