Pittsburg is the seat of Camp County, a heavily timbered area. The city is also a commercial center for farming, poultry and livestock. Pittsburg yields a large peach production (one of top ten peach-producing counties in the state), plus blueberries and blackberries, with some growers offering pick-your-own opportunities. Vintage grocery, hardware and drug stores and antique shops are also present in the city.
Housed in old Cotton Belt Railroad depot. Exhibits include artifacts, photos and documents from 1854
Pittsburg, TX MuseumsIn 1902 an inspired preacher-inventor built an airship based on description in Biblical book of Ezekiel. Said to have flown briefly, the machine was destroyed in a rail accident on way to St. Louis World's Fair, 1904
Pittsburg, TX HistoryA gift to the city from businessman Bo Pilgrim, the tower features four Paccard bells from France and a chapel that never closes. The 75-foot tower's chapel offers a quiet refuge for visitors. In the park is a gurgling fountain and a life-size bronze which shows Jesus washing the disciple Peter'
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The museum is housed in a 1936 replica, built on a new site, of Don Antonio Gil Y'Barbo's stone house. Y'Barbo, founder of Na...
Built 1907, and one of few such libraries still serving its original purpose. Second floor designed as opera house. On displa...
When C.M. "Dad" Joiner struck oil here on Oct. 3, 1930, this sparsely populated farming community became a bustling boomtown....
Nearest entrance 13 miles northwest on Texas 63. Camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, four-wheeling, canoeing, backpacking, swi...