East Texas City
Livingston, Texas
Nestled In The Big Thicket
Home To The SOuthern Forest Tribes
A suspicious 1902 fire, purportedly set over local liquor prohibition, forced residents to rebuild this Texas Main Street city. An old log-hauling locomotive and the 1933 Jonas Davis Log Cabin mark the location of the Polk County Memorial Museum and Heritage Park. East of town, in the heart of the Big Thicket, is the
Alabama-Coushatta Indian
Reservation. The tribe settled in East Texas around 1780,
and Sam Houston had
the land declared a
reservation as a reward for the tribe’s courage in remaining neutral during Texas’ war for independence.
Looking For Something To Do?
Texas Forest Trail Partners
Chamber of Commerce
936-327-4929
www.polkchamber.com
Lake Livingston State Park
936-365-2201
tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lake-livingston/
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