Category: Area Attractions
The Depot is a centerpiece of Marshall’s efforts to preserve its heritage. The Depot and the railroad museum anchor the north end of Washington Ave., the main street in downtown Marshall.
Nestled in the rolling hills of east Texas, Panola Orchard & Gardens is a family owned and operated farm in De Berry, TX just a short 25 minute drive from Marshall. Offering strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, plums and a variety of vegetables. The farm “u-pick” blackberry, blueberry and strawberry fields where you can pick your own! Open seasonally, check their website for details.
Resting on the rolling wooded 95-acre of the Lane Ranch, in northwestern Harrison County, the vineyard and surrounding grounds are being slowly and carefully developed with the couple’s signature – love & grace.
Take a trail ride at Karma Farms and enjoy a great horse, the lovely views, bird song, wildflowers, wildlife and our pastures filled with colorful Colonial Spanish Horses. Or book a lesson and see if learning new riding skills is for you. Kids and seniors welcome. Call to make a reservation today!
Just 13 miles from Marshall and only a short 3.5 miles from Bear Creek you’ll find yourself at Enoch’s Stomp. With 90 acres of rolling hills and 12 acres of grape vines you’ll feel as though you’ve been swept away to wine country! Enjoy dinner, live music, tours, tastings and more at this treasure in East Texas!
Located at the corner of Lafayette and Houston Street, the Madi Art Wall, created by artist Volf Roitman, was a gift to the City Of Marshall from the Michelson Museum and Edmund & Anna Wood. Construction of the Wall, supervised by Curtis Graff, was completed in December of 2009. Come and see it!
The Service & Sacrifice: Harrison County at War museum is a tribute to the soldiers of Harrison County. It includes Conflict information from both the War Front and Home Front perspective.
The Michelson Museum of Art is a museum in Marshall, Texas that was founded to house the works of the Latvian-American artist Leo Michelson. Michelson feared that if he donated his works to a large museum that they would largely be placed in storage. Galleries also feature local, regional, state and national artists and instillations throughout the year. Let the little one’s imagination run wild in the Discovery Room!
T. C. Lindsey & Co. is part old-fashioned general store and part museum and its wide variety of merchandise as engender nostalgia. The store’s interior has been used in Disney films, several movie and television productions. The store, which evolved from the Jones Trading Post, has been in business since l847 and includes an enormous antique collection, as well as run-of-the-mill store items. Nearby the store is a new museum housing rare automobiles, jukeboxes, and other memorabilia
Marshall, Texas is called “the Birthplace of Boogie Woogie” because Marshall is at the center of the geographical area where one of the most revolutionary and influential developments in American music took place.In the 1930’s historians compiled oral histories and interviews indicating that Boogie Woogie piano originated in the Piney Woods of northeast Texas. Research first published in 2004 by Dr. John Tennison shows that the music emerged in the 1870′s, in close proximity to the Texas & Pacific Railroad, which established its headquarters in Marshall in 1872.