After a beautiful sunrise on the lake we left our campsite this morning to continue westward. The Neches River was dammed up to form this lake. On the far side, the bluffs were once the place of Town Bluff- a bustling community that once held hopes of becoming the "Natchez of the Neches." AJ Womack and Rebecca Franklin stopped here on their way west to visit with their uncle, James B. Franklin, who was residing here with his family in 1850.
We stopped by a historical village in nearby Woodville Texas to see buildings and exhibits of life at that time.
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The general store had an interesting coffin with a window for the face of the deceased!
We drove on to Lufkin and stopped at the library which has a wonderful genealogy section. Then we drove on to Davy Crockett National Forest where we found our campsite at Ratcliff Lake Campground. |
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