Logansport, Louisiana

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Sabine River
Jess Williamson
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"Sabine River"

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Bryan Martin
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Rivers & Roads in Song near Logansport

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Logansport.

Sabine River 13 songs U.S. Route 59 7 songs Interstate 49 3 songs Interstate 20 13 songs Red River 84 songs

Musical Heritage

Riley's Tavern RoadyGoat

Picture a seventeen-year-old kid sitting on the steps of the Texas Capitol in 1933, waiting. Prohibition had just been repealed, and James Curtis Riley wanted to be first in line — and he was. He walked away with the first official license to sell beer in the state of Texas. Weeks later he opened a tavern back home in Hunter, and he kept it running for close to sixty years. Joel and Angie Hofmann took it over in 2004, and they've left well enough alone — the mint-green barroom, the pool table, the stage where local players still plug in. Billy Joe Shaver himself has stood up there and sung. Not bad for a bar that started with a teenager and a hunch that Texas was thirsty.

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History of Logansport

Joaquin, TX RoadyGoat

Joaquin, Texas, sits right on the Louisiana border, and for generations, its identity has been deeply intertwined with timber. The land here, rolling hills and sandy loam, is ideal for growing Southern Yellow Pine. It wasn't always this way, though. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land, initially focused on cotton farming. But the soil, while good, wasn't quite the blackland prairie further west, and cotton prices fluctuated wildly. Around the turn of the 20th century, lumber companies recognized the potential of the vast pine forests. They built sawmills, and suddenly, Joaquin had a new industry. Timber provided a consistent income, employing families for generations. Even today, though cotton is still farmed to a degree, you see logging trucks rumbling through town, loaded with logs headed to the mills. The scent of pine hangs heavy in the air, a reminder of the industry that built, and continues to sustain, Joaquin. It's not just about the money, either; there's a real pride in working the land, in providing a resource that's used across the country.

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Joaquin, TX RoadyGoat

Joaquin, Texas, sits nestled in the Piney Woods of Shelby County, a place where the echoes of history still linger in the air. It began, like so many East Texas towns, as a small agricultural community, its fortunes tied to the rich soil and the promise of cotton. The land, originally Caddo territory, drew settlers in the 19th century, folks looking for a fresh start and a piece of the American dream. The Civil War undoubtedly cast a long shadow, disrupting lives and reshaping the local economy, though Joaquin itself wasn't the site of any major battles. What really put Joaquin on the map was the timber industry. The late 1800s and early 1900s saw sawmills springing up, fueled by the seemingly endless supply of pine trees. This boom brought people, jobs, and a sense of prosperity. Like many towns of that era, the railroad was crucial, connecting Joaquin to larger markets and allowing for the transport of lumber and other goods. While the timber boom eventually subsided, leaving its mark on the landscape, Joaquin has proven its resilience. It remains a tight-knit community, proud of its heritage and its place in the East Texas story.

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Joaquin, TX RoadyGoat

Joaquin sits nestled in the Piney Woods of East Texas, a landscape sculpted by ancient seas and the slow work of rivers. This isn't the stark, dramatic terrain of mountains or deserts, but a gentle, rolling land, where the earth is a mix of sandy loam and red clay. The Sabine River, a lifeblood for the region, meanders nearby, its course a story etched in the land itself. You can almost feel the ghosts of the Caddo people who thrived here for centuries, their lives interwoven with the rhythms of this river and the bounty of the forest. The thick woods define Joaquin. Towering pines filter the sunlight, creating a dappled shade that cools the humid air. The undergrowth is a tangle of ferns, shrubs, and flowering dogwoods, a vibrant green tapestry that changes with the seasons. This abundance shaped the early settlers, drawn by the promise of timber and fertile land. They were a hardy folk, accustomed to hard work and self-reliance, their lives tied to the land in a way that's hard to imagine today. Even now, the scent of pine needles and damp earth hangs heavy in the air, a constant reminder of the forces that shaped Joaquin and its people.

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International Boundary Marker

1700

In the early 1700s, France and Spain began disputing their New World international boundary that included this area; each nation claimed what is now Texas. When the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, the boundary was still in dispute. Leaders agreed to a neutral area between the Arroyo Hondo and the Sabine River, and the 1819 Adams-Onís Treaty formally defined the border. When Texas became a republic in 1836, it appointed a joint commission with the U.S. to survey and mark the established boundary from the Gulf of Mexico up the Sabine River and on to the Red River. John Forsyth represented the U.S., and Memucan Hunt represented Texas in the work, which proved to be long and difficult. The survey crew began the demarcation process on May 20, 1840 at the Gulf, placing a 36-foot pole in the middle of a large earthen mound. Proceeding north, they placed eight-foot posts denoting the number of miles from the 32nd parallel. Upon reaching the parallel, they placed a granite marker on the west bank of the Sabine River. From that point, they traveled due north to the Red River, completing their work in late June 1841. As a result of erosion, the first granite marker on the Sabine fell into the river long ago, but a second granite marker on the northward path of the surveyors had been placed here to mark the north-south meridian. This is the only known marker remaining, and it is believed to be the only original international boundary marker within the contiguous U.S. Today, the border between Texas and Louisiana follows the Sabine River to the 32nd parallel, at which point it connects to the boundary established by Hunt and Forsyth. The Texas Historical Foundation purchased this site to provide public access to the early boundary marker.

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Fellowship Baptist Church

1818

One of the oldest Baptist churches in Texas. Founded by settlers who came by ferry across Sabine River as early as 1818. After a number of homes were built on hills near good springs of water, a church was considered essential. It is recorded that this one ministered to spiritual needs in Republic of Texas era. Congregation assembled by riding many miles, usually in farm wagons, and with baskets of food. Original log building, heated by 8-foot fireplace with mud chimney, had split log benches. The windows, without glass, had shutters on wooden hinges. In season, school was held in this early building. The name "Fellowship" honored loyalties among the pioneer families. First pastor was the Rev. Wyatt S. Childress, a kinsman of Geo. C. Childress, one of the authors of the Texas Declaration of Independence. First church clerk was Dr. John Moses Taylor. Erected after sawmills were in use in the 1870s was second church building, of plank construction. This was several times relocated and remodeled. The present structure was built in 1939; enlarged 1967. The old "Busbee Place" Spring, initially responsible for choice of this site, still supplies water for the church and baptistry. (1969)

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Morris, B. F.

1884

Alabama-born Benjamin Franklin Morris (1827-1900) came to Texas in 1838 and settled in the area that became the pioneer village of Sarat. A prosperous farmer and rancher, he gave right of way through 500 acres of his land to the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad in 1884. He also provided a 100-acre townsite to be named for his grandson Joaquin (1878-1898), requesting that a depot be built here and that passenger trains stop daily. Morris, a Confederate veteran, later donated a building site for the First Baptist Church of Joaquin.

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Johnston, Franklin Lewis

1873

Franklin (Frank) Lewis Johnston, also referred to as F. L. Johnston, Confederate soldier, attorney, state representative, and state senator, was born in Madison County, Mississippi, on October 1, 1840, the son of Luke and Mary Jane (Farrar) Johnston. The Johnston family immigrated to Texas in 1844, settling in Shelby County where Johnston was raised. In February 1862 following the outbreak of the Civil War , Johnston volunteered for service in the Confederate Army, enlisting as a private in Company H of the Eleventh Texas Infantry Regiment. He received promotion to sergeant on October 19, 1862, as well as served as quartermaster's clerk from April 1863 until it was disbanded at Hempstead, Waller County, in May 1865. Johnston had married Margaret William Dysart in Shelby County on February 7, 1865, immediately prior to this disbandment, and upon being discharged he returned to Shelby County, settling at Buena Vista. The couple had ten children, including three sets of twins, but only seven grew to adulthood. He was admitted to practice law here in 1866 and in addition was active in state and local politics. In 1873 he won election on the Democratic ticket as representative for District Two-comprised of Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Sabine, Shelby, and Panola counties-to the Fourteenth Texas Legislature. He won reelection to the house for the Sixteenth Legislature in 1878, this time representing the District Eight counties of Shelby and Panola. In 1882 he won election as senator for District Two-comprised of Shelby, Sabine, San Augustine, Rusk, Nacogdoches, and Panola counties-to the Eighteenth Texas Legislature. After these turns at state office Johnston retired to Shelby County. He died on July 12, 1897, and was buried at Johnston Cemetery near Flat Fort Creek in Tenaha.

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Tenaha, TX

1885

Tenaha is at the junction of U.S. highways 84, 59, and 96, on the tracks of the Southern Pacific some eleven miles northwest of Center in northern Shelby County. It was founded in 1885 as a shipping point on the Houston, East and West Texas Railway, when that railroad was being constructed through the county. The community was named by members of the Hicks family for Tenehaw Municipality, the original name of Shelby County. A post office was opened there in 1886 with James N. Woodfin as postmaster. By 1890 the town had 200 residents, several stores, three churches, and a school, and by 1896 it had an estimated 680 residents and a number of businesses, including a weekly newspaper, the Ledger . By that time Tenaha had become a shipping center for area farmers and lumbermen. The community was incorporated in the 1900s and by 1946 had several lumber-manufacturing industries and a large tomato-canning plant. By the 1980s many of these businesses no longer existed, but the town had profited by its proximity to Toledo Bend Reservoir. In 1988 Tenaha reported an estimated 1,073 residents and forty-three rated businesses. Its population was reported as 1,072 in 1990. In 2000 the population was 1,046.

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Feuds

1839

Although the feuds of Texas have received far less general attention and publicity than have the Kentucky variety, they were probably even more numerous and bitter. Half a dozen of the worst ones have become fairly well known, but dozens of others, big and little, have raged in practically every county in the state. Only one important feud broke out in Texas before the Civil War - the Regulator-Moderator War , which flourished in Shelby County and adjacent regions from 1839 to 1844, involved several hundred men on each side, and caused much bloodshed and violence. Like many of the later feuds, this trouble was at first a contest between organized outlaws and a group of vigilantes. Typically, the Regulators went to such extremes in their attempts to break up the outlaws that a group of countervigilantes came into existence to "moderate" the Regulators. Typically also, both sides drew in friends, relatives, and sympathizers from many miles away, and a war of extermination would have been the inevitable result if Sam Houston and the militia had not marched in. Great outbursts of the feuding spirit were part of the aftermath of the Civil War. Feeling against Union authorities and their local supporters touched off several explosions in the 1860s. An example of this type of disturbance was the Early-Hasley feud which occurred in Bell County from 1865 to 1869. John Early, a member of the Home Guard, abused an old man named Drew Hasley. When Hasley's son, Sam, came home after service in the Confederate Army, he took the matter up. Early had become a supporter of the Yankee officials, and they backed him. Hasley soon became the head of a party of friends and relatives, including, notably, Jim McRae, a fearless and possibly a desperate man. Early and his crowd accused the Hasley party of all sorts of thievery and depredation and brought in soldiers to clean them out. On July 30, 1869, McRae was ambushed and killed. The Hasley party broke up after that, though one of them pursued Dr. Calvin Clark, an Early supporter, into Arkansas and killed him shortly thereafter. The Lee-Peacock feud, which flourished from 1867 to 1871 in the contiguous corners of Fannin, Grayson, Collin, and Hunt counties, followed the same pattern. Bob Lee, a former Confederate officer, fell out with the Union authorities and aroused the enmity of Lewis Peacock, one of their supporters. There was killing on both sides, and Lee was waylaid and killed in Fannin County near the present town of Leonard in 1869. A systematic hunt for his friends and supporters was then begun, and several were killed. Peacock himself was shot on June 13, 1871, bringing the feud to an end. The Sutton-Taylor feud , the biggest of the feuds rooted in the war, began in 1869 and continued to cause litigation until 1899, though most of the bloodshed was over by 1876. The 1870s saw more lawlessness and more feuding than did any other period in Texas history. Most of the disturbances were the result of depredations by outlaw bands, and the typical pattern of vigilantes and countervigilantes was repeated many times. The war had left Texas comparatively undamaged, and this fact attracted many settlers from ruined communities in the older states, while the frontier offered a refuge to lawless characters. Many good people moved to Texas at this time, but the bad ones, combining forces with homegrown scoundrels, caused an outbreak of desperadoism that was hard to put down. Capt. Leander H. McNelly 's special force of Texas Rangers and Maj. John B. Jones 's Frontier Battalion gradually got the situation in hand, but large groups of outraged citizens felt obliged to take the law into their own hands until life and property were comparatively safe. Many of the cattle feuds of this period occurred in such frontier outposts as Mason, Lampasas, and Shackelford counties. The Horrell-Higgins feud in Lampasas County in 1877, the Hoodoo War or Mason County War of 1875, and the trouble over the Shackelford Count

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