Carthage became the seat of Panola (an Indian word for cotton) County in 1848 when 100 acres were donated for the townsite. Today, Carthage is a center for gas and oil processing, petrochemicals, lumber mills, chicken processing, and small industries.
Carthage is also the birthplace of Tex Ritter and Jim Reeves.
A life-sized statue of Jim Reeves commemorates the Panola County native who became one of America's best loved country-Western singers, who died in a plane crash in 1964. Member of Country Music Hall of Fame; millions of records to his credit. Memorial is three miles east of downtown on U.S. 79
Carthage, TX MemorialsHistorical building; La Grone Family History Center;
Carthage, TX MuseumsNew $2.2 million, 13,000
Carthage, TX Halls of Fame Course Access: Semi-Private
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Thanks to the Texas Wildlife and Parks for the fishing tips----- Since Martin Creek is a power plant lake, water temperatu...
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More than 2,000 varieties of herbs from throughout the world are grown in the garden. Workshops, lectures on several facets o...
On part of one downtown block, actually about 1.2 acres, once stood greatest concentration of oil wells in the world producin...
A gift to the city from businessman Bo Pilgrim, the tower features four Paccard bells from France and a chapel that never clo...