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Region: Piney Woods
Known as "The Cradle of Texas," history walks the streets here. Located on nationally designated historic, "El Camino Real de los Tejas" trail (the Royal Highway, now Texas 21 in this area). Sam Houston had an office here; Davy Crockett was feted on his way to the Alamo; and James Pinckney Henderson, Texas' first governor, lived here when San Augustine was the eastern gateway to Texas. Several church congregations lay claim as Texas' oldest: Presbyterian, Episcopal and CME Black Methodist. Visit the antique stores and emporiums, and sample the Grapefruit High Ball at San Augustine Drug. Dug to a depth of 27 feet by slave labor in 1860, the restored Old Town Well — complete with sweetgum roller, hand-wrought iron handle and oaken bucket — is located in the Old Stripling Drug Store, now owned by the San Augustine County Historical Society and is a photo studio.
Nearby Cities: Lufkin, Carthage, Nacogdoches, Hemphill,
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