Rusk, Texas
Birmingham Forest Lake & Golf Club
Course Access: Public
Holes: 9
Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...
Birmingham Forest Lake & Golf Club
Operated 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 HistoryWooded setting for 546-foot footbridge, said to be nation's longest, originally built 1861 for crossing valley during rainy season. Two blocks east of town square.
Rusk, TX GardensCentral 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 MarkersCherokee County's first bank, established 1884, in 1865 building. Euclid St. and U.S. 69
Rusk, TX Historic BuildingsSeveral routes near Rusk offer excellent woodland scenery: U.S. 69 both north and south; also F.M. 347, F.M. 747 (neither shown on most maps) that lead north from U.S. 84
Rusk, TX Scenic DrivesHistorical monuments and markers identify abundant sites including Sam Houston's law office, blocks of original Mexican town ...
Native stone monument commemorates victims of East Texas' worst Indian depredation, erected on spot where massacre took place...
On part of one downtown block, actually about 1.2 acres, once stood greatest concentration of oil wells in the world producin...
Cherokee County's first bank, established 1884, in 1865 building. Euclid St. and U.S. 69....