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East Texas Topography
May 2, 2013 16:32:54 #
russelray wrote:
Generally flat, but you can find some hills between College Station and Austin.
College Station is not east Texas. There is a REAL difference in topography between east Texas and west Texas. Somebody else talked about flat and hot....must also be thinking about west Texas.
May 2, 2013 20:01:21 #
RixPix wrote:
There's a saying about it...hot, flat & dumb but that can be applied to everything between the Mississippi and the Rockies. :lol:
To paraphrase John Wayne, who played Jacob McCandles aka "Big Jake" when John Fain, a very bad man played by Richard Boone, asks "Who are you?" to which Big Jake replies, "Jacob McCandles." To which Fain replies, "I heard you were dead." And Big Jake says, "Not hardly." Fain, having been shot in the chest, dies.
All of which is to say, East Texas is rolling, forested, verdant country with abundant wetlands, getting between 40 and 60 inches of rainfall annually.
I know you were joking, son, but when you're runnin' down my country, boy, you're runnin' up the fightin' side of me!
God Bless Texas.
May 2, 2013 20:10:34 #
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May 2, 2013 20:27:01 #
JonD wrote:
To paraphrase John Wayne, who played Jacob McCandl... (show quote)
Jacob McCandles also specifically mentioned the town of Nacogdoches, in deep East Texas, with which I am familiar. It was my wife's hometown when I met her at Wheaton College. It's the home of Stephen F. Austin State University, but in the 70's when we'd visit her parents, there wasn't much going on. The only entertainment in town was a bowling alley, and it was closed. It's grown up since than and it's quite a thriving town.
May 2, 2013 20:49:52 #
SteveR wrote:
College Station is not east Texas. There is a REAL difference in topography between east Texas and west Texas. Somebody else talked about flat and hot....must also be thinking about west Texas.
College Station certainly is not West Texas by any stretch of the imagination or measurement in miles!
He gave an area bounded by Interstates (area between Rts 10 and 20 and as far west as Rt 35), so I discussed that area. That's pretty much east and east central Texas.
Those of us who lived and worked in College Station do consider it to be the western boundary of East Texas and the Eastern boundary of Central Texas.
After graduating from Texas A&M in 1977, I chose to stay in College Station while all my friends moved to Austin, San Antonio, Dallas/Ft. Worth, or Houston. But on any given Friday I could leave at 5:30 and be at their homes in a few hours for that all-important Friday night party! Stayed there until 1993 when I figured there must be more to the world than the Great Nation of Texas.....lol
May 2, 2013 21:51:18 #
Bartulius wrote:
I tried that, but found it to be too broad with too much extra info thrown in.
Thanks for your reply to my request. This is the reason I love this forum. There is always someone willing to offer help on any topic.
I'm writing a novel and need a little descriptive background.
Thanks for your reply to my request. This is the reason I love this forum. There is always someone willing to offer help on any topic.
I'm writing a novel and need a little descriptive background.
Take a trip there. You can right it off as a travel expense.
(I think.)
May 2, 2013 21:51:25 #
russelray wrote:
College Station certainly is not West Texas by any... (show quote)
You're right, it's not west Texas. However, viewing on Mapquest, which shows topography, it's much more central Texas topographically.
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May 2, 2013 23:51:09 #
I am from Lufkin , about 20 miles south of Nacogdoches , the landscape is Pines and Hardwood with a somewhat hilly terrain , especially on Highway 21 east and west (El Camino Real), the pines start to clear out as you get closer to I-10 , and up past I 20 , lots of history here .
May 2, 2013 23:51:21 #
I am from Lufkin , about 20 miles south of Nacogdoches , the landscape is Pines and Hardwood with a somewhat hilly terrain , especially on Highway 21 east and west (El Camino Real), the pines start to clear out as you get closer to I-10 , and up past I 20 , lots of history here .
May 3, 2013 08:01:40 #
Thank You--one and all. This is just one of the reasons I appreciate this forum. I grew up in Connecticut, spent my on-shore Navy time near Fresno, Ca. when not off the coast of Vietnam.
I traveled through the panhandle of Texas in 1971 but never saw the area I was asking about.
I know many western movies were made far from the locations mentioned in the movie, so that is no help.
I Googled maps and got far too many to sort through in my time on this planet so I did the smart thing; I asked the residents for help.
The era of my novel is 1920 so much of the landscape may have changed by man's design but I do now have a starting point.
Again, I thank all who responded to my request.
When the book is published, I shall post it in this forum as I will give credit to those who assisted me.
I traveled through the panhandle of Texas in 1971 but never saw the area I was asking about.
I know many western movies were made far from the locations mentioned in the movie, so that is no help.
I Googled maps and got far too many to sort through in my time on this planet so I did the smart thing; I asked the residents for help.
The era of my novel is 1920 so much of the landscape may have changed by man's design but I do now have a starting point.
Again, I thank all who responded to my request.
When the book is published, I shall post it in this forum as I will give credit to those who assisted me.
May 3, 2013 16:39:25 #
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May 3, 2013 20:14:53 #
If you're writing a novel, you might want to use the Big Thicket. It's a National Preserve in Southeast Texas.
May 4, 2013 10:19:07 #
Google IE: Lufkin, Texas - gives History - Geography - Demographics, ect
Also Texas Highways is a Magazine very helpful to travelers as well as a Visitors guide from Texas.
Also Texas Highways is a Magazine very helpful to travelers as well as a Visitors guide from Texas.
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