The house, constructed in about 1830 and originally home to merchant and Texas revolutionary leader Adolphus Sterne, is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was a gathering place for many men who figured importantly in early Texas history, including Sam Houston, Thomas J. Rusk, Davy Crockett, Charles S, Taylor, and Cherokee chief Bowles, and it served as a haven for volunteers en route to the Alamo. It is furnished with period antiques.
Sterne-Hoya House
211 South Lanana Street
Nacogdoches, TX 75961
Tours: Tuesday - Friday 10:00-4:00
Admission: Free
Phone: (936) 560-4443
As someone once observed, “The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.” That’s certainly true of the Texas State Railroad--a shortline service that, established in 1881 and fully restored in 1976, is still shuttling passengers between Palestine, in Anderson County, and Rusk, in Cherokee County. Even before boarding the vintage steam-engine trains that ply the route, visitors are transported back to the 19th century by the Victorian-style depots at either end of the line. The stations are surrounded by beautifully landscaped parks that provide camping facilities, among other amenities. The 50-mile round trip takes four and a half hours.
The town of Edom--in Van Zandt County just a few miles west of the city Tyler--is miniscule. Though Edom was founded in 1849, its population has never topped 300. But size isn’t everything. Beginning in the 1960s, artisans attracted to the hamlet’s comfortably rustic ways and laid-back atmosphere began settling here. Now, Edom’s main drag--a stretch of FM 279--is loaded with shops purveying one-of-a-kind wares by local potters, jewelry makers, glassmakers, and more. Why, there’s even a gourmet food shop. And every October, Edom welcomes scores of artists and craftspeople from all over Texas and beyond to the Edom Festival of the Arts.
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