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Gilmer

The seat of Upshur County, Gilmer was founded in 1848 on the historic Cherokee Trace, becoming a trade center for a growing population of farmer-settlers. Cotton farming dominated the economy,…

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Big Sandy

The first settlement of the woodlands area dates from the Mexican land grants of 1835.…

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