Come explore Oakwood Cemetery in Jefferson, Texas. In its hallowed pathways you will discover heroes from each of America's wars, icons of Jefferson's past, and colorful characters from preachers to outlaws. In this guide to Oakwood Cemetery, you will find: - A collection of stories from the people buried within the gates, including one of Texas' most notorious outlaws, General Lee's favorite Confederate Spy, and an unknown lady whose headstone inscription is only "written in heaven". - A key to the tombstone art that will help your understanding and appreciation of Oakwood's dramatic markers. - Examples of the classic ironwork that can be found throughout the cemetery. - Epitaphs written decades, even a century ago, with thoughts both profound and whimsical. Come and explore one of Jefferson's hidden treasures... Historic Oakwood Cemetery!

Angels of Oakwood: Jefferson's Historic Cemetery

Mitchel Whitington

23 House

In this ghostly guide to the haunts of East Texas, you’ll find many strange tales... • The spirit of a young bride who etched her name in her bedroom window glass on her wedding day many years ago, and continues to visit that room to this day... • An old, creaking staircase where phantoms from a time long ago wander up and down during the wee hours of the night... • An Indian brave in full battle regalia who is said to appear at the site of a terrible East Texas massacre... You'll read about these spirits and many, many more – all from the Pineywoods region of the Lone Star State.

Ghosts of East Texas and the Pineywoods

Literature & Fiction

Whitington, Mitchel

Genre Fiction

The 23rd Psalm is a short little chapter of the Bible; there are only six verses and 118 words in the King James Version of the Psalm, and seventeen of them are pronouns in the first person. It is that personal element that makes the Psalm so incomparably powerful and appealing in its message - it finds an echo in the heart of all humanity. If you study the passage, contemplate its message, and believe it in your heart, then your life will begin to change in ways that you can't even begin to comprehend. A magnificent plan for your life is spelled out exactly in the words of the 23rd Psalm... it is waiting inside the pages of this book for you to discover.

23: A Country Preacher, His Grandson, And A Devotional That Will Change Your Life

Religion & Spirituality

Come visit the historic old riverport of Natchez. Inside you will find many of the city's most intriguing tales...
- The history of the Natchez Indians who gave the town its name, with their mound-building religion and culture that might seem a bit strange to our society today.
- Legends of the outlaws of the Natchez Trace - stories of the dastardly men who would just as soon shoot you as look in your direction, and the tales of how many of them met their final demise.
- The stories of many of the stately Natchez mansions; the people who built them, the lives that they lived there, and those who preserve them today.
- And of course, many of the city's most colorful characters from its history. A fellow who wanted to be the King of Natchez, a man accused of high treason by the U.S. government, and a hangman who also played the blues.
...you'll read these stories and many, many more here in the pages of Natchez: The History and Mystery of the City on the Bluff!

Natchez: The History & Mystery of the City on the Bluff

Come visit the historic old riverport of Jefferson, Texas. Inside you will find many of the city's most intriguing tales... 
 · Legends of the old riverport days - gunfighters, ship captains, merchants, and a tainted angel named Diamond Bessie whose murder became the most famous national trial of the day. 
 · Jefferson during the Civil War, with its pivotal role as a shipping port and the soldiers that mustered out here. Carpetbagger times followed, including the infamous Stockade Trial, and are part of this chapter in the city's past. 
 · The story of the Caddo Indians, the region's first inhabitants, including their culture, lifestyle, and ultimate fate. You'll also learn about the mysterious Blue Lady who astrally visited them while sequestered inside a convent in Spain. 
 · Some of Jefferson's most colorful characters: Vernon Dalhart, the singing cowboy; Clarence Braden, who hoarded a fortune that may not have been completely discovered; and many, many others. 
 · And finally, the rebirth of the town, with its transition from a bustling riverport to the quaint, historical bed &amp; breakfast community that exists today. 
 ...you'll read these stories and many, many more here in the pages of Jefferson: The History and Mystery of the City on the Bayou!

Jefferson - The History and Mystery of the City on the Bayou

It was formidable and impenetrable... a behemoth of logs blocking the Red River as far as the eye could see, stretching for over one hundred miles. The logjam dubbed the Red River Raft; choked the river and denied passage there. It was so immense that when explorer Thomas Freeman first saw it, he penned in his journal: No hope can be entertained of the great raft ever being removed... While other North American rivers opened the continent up to exploration, settlement, and trade, this logjam made the Red impassible. This is the story of those who sought to clear the Great Raft over the years - their failures, struggles, and final conquest of the Raft.

No Hope! The Story of the Great Red River Raft

History

Americas

23 House Publishing

Two diamond rings... The rings were first seen on the hand of the beautiful Diamond Bessie as she was escorted around Jefferson, Texas by her husband. The couple was spotted crossing the bridge over the bayou for a picnic lunch on the afternoon of Sunday, January 21, 1877. That evening, the husband was seen at their hotel alone, wearing the two rings that had been on his wife's hand earlier in the day. He took the next passenger train out of town without his wife, but carrying her luggage. The two rings were reportedly found by a detective in a St. Louis pawn shop some time later - the pawn ticket had been signed by her husband. On February 5, Bessie's body was found in the woods south of Jefferson with a gunshot wound to the head. A manhunt for the husband was launched, and the nation watched in fascination as one of the most famous stories of the 1800s unfolded - a crime that remains unsolved to this day. From the newspapers of the day: The life and death of Diamond Bessie whose murder provoked one of the most famous trials in Texas history was a story of sin, sorrow and bloody tragedy. - The Jefferson Journal, 1878. A crime unparalleled in the record of blood... - The Dallas Commercial, 1878. No murder trial in Texas has ever excited more public interest. - The Cincinnati Enquirer, 1877.

Diamonds and Death - The True, Tragic Tale of Diamond Bessie Moore

Haunted Jefferson... the old, East Texas riverport city that boasts a history that rivals that of any Southern metropolis. In its heyday of the mid-1800s, riverboats made their way to the inland port from cities such as Shreveport, Natchez, and New Orleans. In today's world, the river has fallen and the boats no longer steam their way with passengers and cargo. Jefferson has been reborn, though, with historic old homes, romantic carriage rides, bed & breakfast inns... and more than a few stories of spirits, specters, and phantoms. There are haunted hotels, restaurants, and B&Bs where a visitor can explore the world of the supernatural. Take a stroll through Jefferson's beautiful Oakwood Cemetery where the graves date back to the 1800s. Track down the location of notorious "Murder Alley," where fresh bodies were found every morning. Come along for a fun romp through the ghostly side of Jefferson, Texas, the magnificent city on the bayou, and peer through a window into its bygone days!

Haunted Jefferson

In April 1864 in the state of Louisiana, the armies of both the Union and the Confederacy were in total disarray. With a Southern victory at Mansfield and a marginal win by the North at Pleasant Hill, the Red River Campaign was effectively over. The Union Army under Banks and the Navy under Porter were in a full retreat southward. The Southern Army was divided. Instead of dedicating the full resources to pursue the Yankees, Confederate General Kirby Smith turned his attention northward. He split his troops under General Richard Taylor and led three divisions up into Arkansas instead of focusing on the final defeat and capture of the Northern troops, munitions, and naval vessels. After entrenching at Grand Ecore, Banks led his troops southward along the Cane River toward a conflict with Confederate General Bee at a crossing known as Monett s Ferry. Any number of wonderful books have been written that document the entire Red River Campaign of the Civil War. Most give the Battle of Monett s Ferry only a paragraph or two in the overall affair, if that. In reality, the entire Cane River episode of the war lasted for almost a month and included a myriad of confrontations from minor skirmishes to all-out battle, a near-mutiny on the side of the North, a struggle for ships to escape down the Red River, and a wave of wanton destruction through what is now Natchitoches Parish. This book brings together all the elements of the war that took place along the Cane River in Louisiana in the spring of 1864. Whenever possible, the story is told in the words of the people who actually lived it the soldiers and officers through their diaries, letters, and journal entries. Welcome to the month of hell that took place from the high cliffs of Grand Ecore all the way down to the ill-fated city of Alexandria The Cane River Campaign.

May God Have Mercy On Us...: The Twenty Days of the Cane River Campaign in Louisiana

JOHN, TAYLOR

Weldon Nash

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