This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Gladewater’s Century: From Creek Start to Oil Boom
The history traces land grants, early settlers from Tennessee and Georgia, and the 1873 Gladewater town founding linked to Camp's Ferry and the T&P railroad. It highlights the 1930s oil boom, population rise to about 10 000, and Lake Gladewater water supply shaping a modern city of about 6 000 by the 1970s, with a hopeful centennial outlook.
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Gregg County
Issac Lee
Georgia
Texas
Gregg
Rusk Counties
Lake Cherokee
Haden H. Edwards
Moody Creek
Gladewater
Mexico
Republic of Texas
New Republic
Alabama
Martha Dillard
Harmon R. Hokit
L. B. Camp
South Gladewater
Kinshen
Upshur County
Camp’s Ferry
Sabine
U.S. Highway 271
Red Rock
Natchitoches
Jefferson
Shreveport
Camden
Fredonia
Mathew Cartwright
San Augustine
Republic
Congress
Upshur
Gilmer
Tennessee
Shepperd
East Texas
Sabine River Valley
Rusk
Harrison
Rusk County
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Marshall
U. S. Congress
Henderson
Tyler
Ohio
Anderson White
Dillard
T&p Railroad
White
Sabine River
Longview
Starrville
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
Jarret Dean
T&p
M. C. Stuart
Fisher
St. Clair
Lake Devernia
John Gregg
Hood
Awalt
Greggton
W. P
William D. Thompson
Columbus M
Dad
Overton
Daisy Bradford
National Guard
East
Lake Gladewater