Fall/Winter 2012-2013

Welcome to the place where Texas begins!
The Texas Forest Trail Region is a 35-county area of East Texas
where legendary trails and towns pre-dating the Lone Star State are
nestled among towering pines and refreshing lakes, proving that our
history and culture come naturally.
Bird, hike, kayak, or camp in our national forests, state parks, and
abundant rivers. Explore Texas history from the pre-historic Caddo
Indians, to the Texas Revolution, to the boom of oil, railroad, and
timber industries at our museums and historic sites. Luxurious
bed and breakfasts, historic downtown shops, friendly folks, and
restaurants serving uniquely-Texas cuisine await to welcome you
to the right side of Texas.
For more information about what to see and do while you’re in the
area, visit our web site www.TexasForestTrail.com.
To request a Texas Forest Trail regional brochure, call toll free:
888/293-8708.
ORANGE
CLARKSVILLE
33rd Red River County
Historical Society Fall Bazaar
& 7th Annual Rotary Duck Race
October 6, 2012
Historic Red River
County Courthouse Grounds
www.redrivercoc.com • 903/427-2266
Enjoy arts and crafts booths, children’s corner, and food
vendors at the Fall Bazaar, a duck race down Delaware Creek,
and a street dance on the square in the evening.
DAINGERFIELD
Daingerfield City Park,
downtown
www.daingerfieldtx.net
903/645-2646
HUGHES SPRINGS
Holiday on First Street
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November 17, 2012
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Warm your hands and your
heart with this nostalgic
downtown holiday celebration
featuring a Piney Woods Wine
Trail tasting (noon–8 p.m.) and
Arts & Crafts Show and PreHoliday Sales and Specials
(10 a.m.–8 p.m.).
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www.TexasForestTrail.com
Downtown Procter Street
mardigras.portarthur.com
409/721-8717
Celebrate Mardi Gras in Port
Arthur, Southeast Texas
style. Family friendly event
offers parades, tons of beads, concerts for all, carnival rides
and Cajun food. Join us for a fun-filled weekend.
SAN AUGUSTINE
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Don’t miss the largest Scarecrow
Festival in Texas. Visitors of all
ages are invited to stroll along the
garden pathways lined with unique
scarecrow designs.
February 7–10, 2013
You won’t want to miss
the gorgeous fall in scenic Daingerfield. Run a 5K in historic
downtown, then turn up the fun with great food (including Chili
Cook-off), vendors, and kids activities and carnival in City Park.
202 E. Pilar Street, Room 214
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
888/293-8708
ShangriLa Botanical Gardens
and Nature Center
shangrilagardens.org
409/670-9113
Mardi Gras of
Southeast Texas
October 13, 2012
Texas Forest Trail Region
October 16–November 10,
2012
PORT ARTHUR
24th Annual
Daingerfield Days
©
Scarecrow Festival
Downtown
www.hughesspringstxusa.com
903/639-2351
22nd Annual
Sassafras Festival
October 26–27, 2012
Downtown
www.sanaugustinetx.com
936/275-3610
Celebrate the Sassafras
and the beautiful autumn
in historic downtown San
Augustine with a 5K, car
show, live music, great food,
kids’ corner, and vendors.
SEPTEMBER
1
8
OCTOBER
Town Creek Music Festival  Huntsville
Wildcatter Weekend  Beaumont
We
for East
4–636th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival  Center
5–6
North Johnson Gypsy Market and Battle of the
Bands  Mineola
6
Fair on the Square  Huntsville
633rd Red River Co Historical Society Fall Bazaar
& 7th Annual Rotary Duck Race  Clarksville
13
Blast from the Past: Nacogdoches History Fair
 Nacogdoches
1324th Annual Daingerfield Days  Daingerfield
13
DogTober Fest  Beaumont
13
Wildcatter Weekend  Beaumont
16–31 Scarecrow Festival  Orange
19–21 Texas Style Cool Autumn Nites: Cars, Trucks &
Bikes Show  Beaumont
26–27 22nd Annual Sassafras Festival  San Augustine
27
Scare on the Square  Huntsville
Texas Forest
Trail Region
2012 Fall & Winter Events
NOVEMBER
1–10
3
10
15–30
17
DECEMBER
1
1–31
6–8
8
8
15
JANUARY
12 12
FEBRUARY
Scarecrow Festival  Orange
Iron Horse Fall Festival  Mineola
Wildcatter Weekend  Beaumont
Nine Flags Christmas Festival  Nacogdoches
Holiday on First Street  Hughes Springs
Huntsville for the Holidays  Huntsville
Nine Flags Christmas Festival  Nacogdoches
Beaumont’s Main Street Market & Christmas
Celebration  Beaumont
Magical Mineola Holiday  Mineola
Wildcatter Weekend  Beaumont
A Day of Christmas Celebration at the STARK
Cultural Venues  Orange
Old-Fashioned Sweet Tooth Sugarcane Event 
Nacogdoches
Spindletop Anniversary Celebration  Beaumont
7–10 Mardi Gras of Southeast Texas  Port Arthur
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BEAUMONT
HUNTSVILLE
MINEOLA
Town Creek Music Festival
DogTober Fest
October 13, 2012
September 1, 2012
Downtown
www.beaumontmainstreet.com
409/880-3749
Eastham Thomason Park on Ave. N
www.huntsvilletexas.com
800/289-2389
Families and their favorite
canines will drool over the
BONE Appetit Food Court,
BarkArt, The SPAW, The Barkery, PAW Readings, Neiman Barkus
Shopping and the Blue’s Clues Moonwalk. Everyone and their
dog will be there!
Enjoy live music (free!), good food,
and lots of fun for the whole family
including a Kids Corner.
Fair on the Square
October 6, 2012
Texas Style Cool Autumn
Nites: Cars, Trucks &
Bikes Show
Find a variety of wares, food, and
family fun at this outdoor market. Enjoy live music and watch
the winner-take-all Battle of the Bands.
936/295-2150
December 6–8, 2012
Huntsville for the Holidays
December 1, 2012
Downtown Square
www.huntsvillemainstreet.com
936/295-2150
Celebrate hometown Huntsville this holiday with Winter in the
Park (includes snow!), arts and crafts, great food, and the Lions
Club evening Christmas Parade.
November 15–
December 31, 2012
Downtown Nacogdoches
www.nineflagsfestival.com
888/OLDEST-TOWN
All aboard this fall
celebration of the Iron
Horse! Events include
a classic car show, a
chili cook-off, arts &
crafts vendors, train
memorabilia, and beer
garden.
Downtown Square
www.huntsvillemainstreet.com
Beaumont’s Main Street Market
& Christmas Celebration
Nine Flags
Christmas Festival
Historic Downtown
www.mineolachamber.org
903/569-2087
October 27, 2012
Scare on the Square offers safe
family fun with food, games, face
painting and delightful treats for
everyone.
Hands-on activities include
blacksmithing, string music, pottery making, archeological dig
and many more. See Texas History come to life!
November 3, 2012
Scare on the Square
Open run car, truck and bike show. Outdoor movie Friday night.
Cruise Friday & Saturday nights. Top 50 trophies and other
categories. Live band, 50/50 pot, games, goody bags, door
prizes and more!
Festival Plaza
Downtown Nacogdoches
www.ci.nacogdoches.tx.us/history
936/560-4441
Mineola Iron Horse
Fall Festival
Fair on the Square has 300+
arts and crafts vendors that
line our Historic Downtown.
Enjoy great entertainment
and food.
Downtown
www.coolautumnnites.com
This holiday market brought
to you by the Junior League
of Beaumont features vendors offering a great assortment
of jewelry, clothing, gifts, food, and décor and a children’s
workshop with arts and crafts for all ages, plus pictures with
Santa.
903/569-9209
936/295-8113
October 19–21, 2012
Civic Center Complex
701 Main Street
www.beaumont-tx-complex.com
409/832-0873
North Johnson Street
www.mineolagypsymarket.com
Don’t miss Nine Flags events
including: Tour de Nac,
Christmas in the Plaza, Wassail
Fest, Tour of Homes, Millard’s
Crossing - “An Old-Fashioned
Christmas,” Jingle Bell 5k Run,
a lighted Christmas Parade,
fireworks and much more!
Magical Mineola
December 8, 2012
Downtown
www.mineola.com
903/569-6983
Join us for a full day of
holiday magic including
a Tour of Homes, tree
lighting, free horsedrawn carriage rides,
Santa, the Merry
Merchants, and parade
(parade begins at 6 p.m.).
Old-Fashioned Sweet
Tooth Sugarcane Event
January 12, 2013
8:30 a.m.–noon
Durst-Taylor Historic House
and Gardens 304 North St.
936/ 560-4441
Watch sugarcane be pressed
and made into ribbon cane
syrup and eat fresh pancakes
with all the fixins’. Yum!
Wildcatter Weekends
September 8, October 13,
November 10, December 8
December 15, 2012
October 13, 2012
9 a.m.–2 p.m.
October 5–6, 2012
BEAUMONT/GLADYS CITY
A Day of Christmas Celebration at the
STARK Cultural Venues
Blast from the Past:
Nacogdoches History Fair
North Johnson Gypsy
Market and Battle of
the Bands
Downtown Square
www.chamber.huntsville.tx.us
ORANGE
NACOGDOCHES
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown
www.gladyscity.org
409/880-1750
Visit www.starkculturalvenues.org for detailed event
information about this full day of holiday merriment.
Dreaming of a
Green Christmas
Kindle the “wildcatter spirit” in
your family with special exhibits,
programs and activities inspired by
the history of Spindletop. Second
Saturday of each month. FREE
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
&
Lighted Evening
Christmas Strolls
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Spindletop Anniversary
Celebration
Shangri La Botanical Gardens
and Nature Center
shangrilagardens.org
409/670-9113
January 12, 2013
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Holiday Open House
SpindletopGladys City Boomtown
www.gladyscity.org
409/880-1750
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
The W. H. Stark House
whstarkhouse.org
409/883-0871
Celebrate the history,
significance and legacy of
the great oil discovery at
Spindletop. FREE
Holiday Exhibit
Celebration
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Stark Museum of Art
starkmuseum.org
409/886-ARTS (2787) A Christmas with
Shoji Tabuchi
7:30 p.m.
Lutcher Theater
lutcher.org
409/886-5535 Programs of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.
© 2012 Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.
All Rights Reserved.
CENTER
36th Annual East Texas
Poultry Festival
October 4–6, 2012
Historic Downtown
Center Square
www.shelbycountychamber.com
936/598-3682
Enjoy arts & crafts, live entertainment, 3-day carnival, food
booths, poultry judging and auction.