East Texas

I love my home more than any other place in the world. If I could travel to the place that I love, I would chose to be home in East Texas. East Texas has shown me how life can be peaceful. People are nice and say hello whenever they walk by. The night skies in East Texas are as clear as glass, and the waters, though calm, shimmer silently to the soft sounds of the crickets *chirpin’. The air feels like shards of ice as the days %trudge towards December. The air has a certain scent to it around this

East Texas has a lot of natural beauty in its piney woods, bayous, lakes and parks and the best way to take advantage of that beauty is with cabin rentals in East Texas. When you rent a cabin for a day, a weekend or longer, you’ll have a great base of operations for your explorations of all that East Texas has to offer. And if immersing yourself in nature isn’t all you want to do, East Texas also has lots of charming small towns with cafes, restaurants, museums and shops for you to explore. Get

I'm either doing college, high school, or household chores. I never have time to appreciate life or take in its beauty. Often times I'll be taken back to a time of tranquility, a time last October when I was fortunate enough to be invited to Uvalde, Texas. I remember the bluffs that towered over the prairie and the cold, crisp air contrasted by the warm, radiating sun. But like a slap to the face, I wake up to reality, and it's right back to the hustle and bustle. Man, what I wouldn't give for another

What would it be like to live in Henderson? I don’t live in Henderson, but I know a lot about it. I actually live in a city called Kittrell. There can be a lot of differences between Kittrell and Henderson, but there also can be a lot of similarities. As you read this essay you will see some of the similarities and differences between my home town Kittrell and the city of Henderson. Kittrell is a town that is known for being small and innocent. This town goes through three different counties. This

Furious Rally Falls Short for Volleyball in 5-Set Loss to East Texas Baptist MARSHALL, Texas – The Ladies came back from a two-set deficit, but the Maroon and White could not recover from a strong start in the deciding set by the Tigers as Centenary (2-3) fell to East Texas Baptist (4-1) 25-23, 25-22, 22-25, 25-27, 15-7 Tuesday night, September 5. After close losses in the first two sets, the Ladies fell behind 22-21 in the third and were three points away from defeat. However, a junior Hailey Lawson

The East Texas Food Bank is a nonprofit hunger relief organization based in Tyler, Texas. The East Texas Food Bank serves children, families and seniors through out network of Partner Agencies. Additionally, we target specific demographics such as children for our BackPack, Kids Cafe and Summer Food Programs. Seniors are targeted through our Senior Box Program. Our Priority Population are those who are deemed the “working poor”. This mean they are working, however they still can not meet all obligations

records kept in each expedition as the Spanish explorers passed through Texas. This book also deals with how the Spanish had to overcome the Indian threats that arose during the seventy-nine years of the Spanish expedition. The main purpose of this book is to study the routes followed and the important events that occurred during each of the eleven expeditions that took place in Texas. The book Spanish Expeditions into Texas (1689-1768) by William C. Foster has thirteen chapters. In chapter One

In “Populist Dreams and Negro Rights: East Texas as a Case Study,” Lawrence Goodwyn keys in on the triumphs of the People 's Party in Grimes County, Texas. I discovered Populism in Grimes County is the narrative of an interracial alliance that had its beginning in Reconstruction and persevered for more than an era. I resolved why the long post-Reconstruction period emerges as the social request that has been composed progressively along racial lines; the time period encroached as a brief gleaming

doubt that Texas’s state government is one of the most conservative in the nation on both an economic and social level. As a governing body Texas has fought to deregulate itself on the bases that a weak government translates to strong personal liberties. The political culture of the state is apparent to all who live there. However, in recent history Texas has proven to be a solid competitor when offering tax rebates to filmmakers and videogame creators who produce their content in the state. These

west and expand the united states. The expansion of the United States occurred with little movements west. For example, the Louisiana purchase doubled the nation's size and helped America expand west. Another example of America expanding west is when texas joined the union and declare their independence from the Mexicans. Pioneers went west for various other reasons that included the gold rush or for religious freedom. In 1849 gold was found in San Francisco. The forty-niners was a name that was given