Home of Alabama and Coushatta Indians, part of Southern forest tribes, in dense, wooded area known as the Big Thicket. Sam Houston, a staunch friend of Indians, was influential in having reservation created in 1850
Woodville, TX Indian ReservationsSome 97,000 acres of dense woods, swamps and streams administered by National Park Service as biological preserves in several units;
Woodville, TX National ParksIn 1927, Columbus M. "Dad" Joiner believed there was oil in Rusk County. Joiner and an Oklahoma attorney and oil promoter had...
Native stone monument commemorates victims of East Texas' worst Indian depredation, erected on spot where massacre took place...
1,600-seat neo-Renaissance theater elegantly restored to its original royal blue and gilt splendor with gleaming chandeliers ...
A chief archaeological site in Texas. Park includes two ceremonial and one burial mound, visitor center with exhibits, interp...