George Jones grew up in the rural communities of Southeast Texas, amid the towering pines and wetlands. He was born in a log cabin on Sept. 12, 1931, in Saratoga, a small town located on the edge of the Big Thicket National Preserve in Hardin County. Childhood and Early Life…
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The life of Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins is commemorated by this statue in Crockett. The Texas blues legend was born in 1902 on a farm west of Crockett going toward Centerville, which is credited as his hometown. Hopkins is known to have played in joints along Crockett’s main avenue in the…
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