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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Four floors of articles, documents and antiques from bygone era. Mementos of pioneer days, early steamboat commerce, and ante...
Details about the Big Thicket National Preserve, interpretive panels, information on trails and boating. Hiking trails of var...
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Temporarily housed in the Ginocchio Hotel while the former county courthouse is remodeled. Exhibits depict history of Marshal...
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