Return to Love's Lookout, Jacksonville, Texas, (Cherokee County) USA
November 2nd 2019 Wesley Love owned much land North of Jacksonville Texas. In 1904 he planted a six hundred acre (640 acres is a square mile) peach orchard. Love died in 1925. In 1934 the City of Jacksonville purchased forty two acres of Love's land in two locations; one became Love's Lookout. After the purchase Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal spent much money developing the lookout including an access road to the lo
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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more 
