Former Gent resident My dad, born in 1920, grew up on Gent mountain, as did his siblings, most of whom were born after him. His family moved from Gent Mountain to the Rusk area around 1930. It looks now like most or all of the top of the mountain is all privately owned by an ATV park and also used at some point as a gravel pit. That was as far back as the 1990's or 2000's. Dad showed me where his old homeplace was and where one of his uncles lived, but I doubt if I could find them now because of overgrowth. Dad left that area in 1938 or 1939 to live relatives in Galveston County.
My great grandfather (Thomas S. Craig Sr.) was one of the early residents of Gent. He moved there from Alabama when the Cherokees were moved out of East Texas, and I believe he was the first JP in Cherokee County, but I could be mistaken about that.
Gent Mountain Thanks for your comment on Gent Mountain. I love Cherokee County with its rich history. Cherokee is the only county around here that has the locations of its Historic Markers on their County maps, that I find helpful.
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Interesting waypoint near Alto This is so interesting. I had never heard of this place in East Texas before, and it’s so close to Alto too. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes and keep exploring!
National Forest road 110 I live and work in Canjilon NM for the Forest Service. We get daily News clips from the Forest Service, and todays first entry was this:
"Dispersed Camping on the Carson National Forest road 110 Canjilon New Mexico
As I drove East on Carson NF road 110 the dirt road got very bumpy and I had to drive slow. I drove slow so as not to damage my old truck. I drove...
Source TravelBlog - Jul 22, 2021".
Of course this peaked my interest, but when I clicked on the link, I received the "Page not Found", error code 404 message. I then proceeded to do an internet search to see if I could find a way around the error. In so doing, I found your blog page and thought I'd see if I could get the story "straight from the horses mouth." I'm hoping that it won't be removed for good. I enjoyed reading some of your other entries while I was here. Thanks!
Canjilon, New Mexico I really appreciate the National Forest Service providing free dispersed camping at great locations in Western USA. If the Forest Service has locations closed to camping, they are very good at posting signs to tell potential campers.
Amazing post all around but these pictures of the inside of Rusk are especially valuable to me. It's interesting that they made a corner stone with the East Texas State name: I found that name in an add for GE industrial stoves, where they highlight institutions that use their products--in 1960! But official TX documents pretty much drop the name by 1923. If you have any more interior shots, I'd love to see them. In any event, thanks for posting this.
Rusk State Penitentiary Thanks for your comment. This large building was one of the three original buildings built in the 1880s. It was demolished a few months later.
barsola My family owns the land next to the pavilion on the left where you took the photo of structure. Lot of memories and stories past down from generation to generation.
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Great blog Thank you, Walter for sharing your unique view on your hometown and contribute to its wider recognition. Your travel style and experience is interesting to read about it. Long live and travel, my brother! I hope inspiration for writing will be always be your companion. Greetings from Europe!
I started writing on Trip Advisor (bad site) and changed to TravBuddy that was much better. It was bad luck when TB closed. I have fun on my YouTube channel.
I was not a chemist, but a chemical hazard specialist, and a first responder. I retired from the State of Texas facility in Galveston to 100% disability in 2005. Then I moved back to my home area in East Texas.
I live on the small Walters Tree Farm outside of Nacogdoches, Texas USA. I am retired to be a simple farmer and traveler. Retirement is a tough job, but somebody has to do it (LOL).
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TenX. Nice historical description of the Keukenhof. Beautiful pictures of Tulips. With compliments MiSter Walter.