Category: etx to-do

PYOP- Pick Your Own Peaches!

PYOP- Pick Your Own Peaches- Danville Farms has been offering peach picking opportunities since 1980. The six-acre orchard consists of 600 trees, where peaches are allowed to fully tree-ripen. This results in some of the best-tasting peaches the East Taxes climate can possibly produce. Each summer thirteen varieties of peaches are available from late June […]

Nacogdoches Receives 2014 National Main Street Accreditation

Nacogdoches Receives 2014 National Main Street Accreditation Nacogdoches, Texas-  The City of Nacogdoches Main Street Program has been designated as an accredited National Main Street Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Main Street Center®, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Each year, the National Main Street Center […]

Texas State Parks Announce $4.6 million Appeal for Help

Texas State Parks Announce $4.6 million Appeal for Help Record heat, drought, wildfires spark call for park visits, donations, park visitor revenue, park visitation AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department today hosted 11 news conferences at different locations across the state, appealing to the public to visit state parks and make donations to […]

Do You Feel Lucky?

Do You Feel Lucky?  “Somebody’s got to win, so why not me?” Millions of Americans are saying that to themselves as they fork over cash at convenient stores for a chance at the nearly $500 million Powerball jackpot. So what are the odds? The chance of a ticket winning a Powerball jackpot is 1 in […]

81st Annual Dogwood Trails Celebration

81st Annual Dogwood Trails Celebration Palestine, Texas – The 81st Annual Texas Dogwood Trails Celebration in Palestine, Texas takes place the last two weekends in March and the first weekend in April. Since 1938, locals and visitors alike have been enjoying the delicate white blooms of the Cornus florida, commonly known as the flowering dogwood. […]

Two East Texas Towns Outshine the Rest

Two East Texas Towns Outshine the Rest East Texas- East Texans can see millions of lights in the Pineywoods this holidays season. Make plans this December to take a drive to Marshall or Athens where Christmas is in full swing! These two East Texas towns are guaranteed to outshine the rest this Christmas! Marshall- The Wonderland […]

How Do Ya Like Them Apples?

How Do Ya Like Them Apples? Horse apple trees, also known as Osage orange trees or Bois D’Arc trees, produce neither apples or oranges but rather a green brain-looking fruit. Horse apples are in the eye of the beholder according to who you are talking to. East Texans and their neighbors in Arkansas refer to […]

Sea Rim State Park

Sea Rim State Park is composed of 4,141.1 acres of marshland, and 5.2 miles of shoreline along the Gulf of Mexico. The park is located in Jefferson County, just south of Port Arthur. The property was acquired in 1972, from Planet Oil & Mineral Corporation and Horizon Sales Corporation. The park opened to the public […]

National Dog Day

National Dog Day August 26, is National Dog Day! National Dog Day began in 2004 to recognize the massive number of shelter pets in need of homes as an effort to encourage adoption. If you are looking to add to your fur family, or even starting one please consider adoption from a local shelter in […]

Sale Your Wares at “Sale on the Trail”

Sale Your Wares at “Sale on the Trail” NACOGDOCHES—The Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau and the City of Nacogdoches Main Street Program are gearing up for the 4th  annual El Camino Real “Sale on the Trail.” One of the most famous roadways in America, the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail, will […]

Lake Livingston

Lake Livingston is located west of Livingston and 50 miles north of Houston in Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and Walker counties. The dam is located in Polk and San Jacinto counties. The lake is 90,000 surface acres, with an average maximum depth of 77 feet. Native emergent plants are limited to the upper areas of […]

“Gone with the Wind” at Liberty Hall

“Gone with the Wind” at Liberty Hall  TYLER- Liberty Hall will be showing the historic classic “Gone with the Wind” in honor of the Azalea Trails in Tyler, Saturday, April 7, at 6:00 p.m. There will be special surprises in store for the attendees, so don’t miss out! If you have never seen this historic love […]

First Annual El Camino Real Festival

Alto, Texas- This past Saturday, the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site launched it’s first El Camino Real Festival complete with re-enactors, pioneer camps, guided hiking and plant identification tours, and demonstrations to celebrate the site’s museum re-dedication and highlight a section of the original El Camino Real which runs through the site. Caddo Mounds State […]

Caddo Mounds Teacher’s Workshop

Alto, Texas- Caddo Mounds State Historic Site (SHS) is offering a Caddo traditions-themed workshop on July 23-25, 2016. The Caddo Mounds SHS is an approved continuing professional educational (CPE) provider for the Texas Education Agency. The intended audience for this workshop is Texas Social Studies, Language Arts, and Fine Arts K-12 teachers. Workshop sessions will: […]