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 MemorialsNew $2.2 million, 13,000
Carthage, TX Halls of FameHistorical building; La Grone Family History Center;
Carthage, TX Museums Course Access: Semi-Private
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Three square blocks in the heart of old downtown centering around the 1896 Ginocchio Hotel, one of the state's finest example...
Features the work of the late Russian American post impressionist, Leo Michelson. The Museum also displays the Gloria and Ber...
New $2.2 million, 13,000-square foot facility that pays tribute to Texans who have made an indelible mark the country music i...
Houses many of famed industralist's patents and business artifacts; some of his early earth-moving equipment on display. On L...