February 2020 In This Issue Features A Photographer Travels Through 22 Towns to Capture the Personality of East Texas Exploring the East Texas Roots of Sam Houston — Texas’ First National Hero Get Lost In Big Thicket’s Enchanted Forest Departments Editor’s Note The Enigmatic East My Hometown My Hometown: The Epic Love Story Behind one of Texas’ First Freedom Colonies Open Road A Fresh and New Gladewater Emerges from Its Honky Tonk Past Texana Preserving the Legacy of Rosenwald Schools in Texas Getaway Plan a Weekend in Carthage With Country Music, Boudin, and Kayaking Speaking of Texas How Growing Up in Paris, Texas Kindled the Creative Fire of Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock Drive / Savvy Traveler The Bosslight Sets Off an Independent Bookstore Boom in East Texas Drive / Made in Texas How The East Texas Oil Field Changed Kilgore Forever Drive / Souvenir The Souvenir You Have to Leave Jefferson With Plates East Texas Brings a New Flavor to Texas Wines Plates Mayhaw Jelly is a Must-Have East Texas Treat Plates Global Meets Local at Chef Monica Cobb’s Beaumont Restaurant Vintage An April 1943 Day on the San Augustine Square Daytripper The Daytripper Cracks Crockett Sightseer Touchdowns in Jacksonville’s Legendary Tomato Bowl
