Carthage became the seat of Panola (an Indian word for cotton) County in 1848 when 100 acres were donated for the townsite. Today, Carthage is a center for gas and oil processing, petrochemicals, lumber mills, chicken processing, and small industries.
Carthage is also the birthplace of Tex Ritter and Jim Reeves.
A life-sized statue of Jim Reeves commemorates the Panola County native who became one of America's best loved country-Western singers, who died in a plane crash in 1964. Member of Country Music Hall of Fame; millions of records to his credit. Memorial is three miles east of downtown on U.S. 79
Carthage, TX MemorialsHistorical building; La Grone Family History Center;
Carthage, TX MuseumsNew $2.2 million, 13,000
Carthage, TX Halls of Fame Course Access: Semi-Private
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Caddo Lake offers visitors unlimited boating opportunities thanks to the many private and publicly owned marinas and boat ram...
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Restored vaudeville theatre, built in 1934, is home to a variety of stage plays, music performances and special events. ...
Texas' past preserved in unusual setting created by ceramist Clyde E. Gray, honored by the Texas Heritage Society for his eff...