Amakhala pakati pa mapiri akuluakulu omwe amapatsa dera dzina lake - Piney Woods - East Texas dera liri ndi zokopa zambiri, zomangidwa ndi anthu. Kuchokera ku mayina ake a pinake ku nyanja zazikulu ku Texas, East Texas ali ndi njira zambiri kwa iwo omwe amasangalala ndi zosangalatsa zakunja . Ndi chimodzi mwa malo apamwamba m'dzikoli okonda maluwa, okhala ndi minda yambiri yamaluwa ndi misewu. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, tauni yakale kwambiri ya Texas - Nacogdoches - imapezeka m'derali, komanso imodzi mwa sitima zakale kwambiri za boma ndi zambiri, zambiri.
01 ya 05
Sitima yapamtunda ya Texas State
Kuthamanga pamisewu yoyamba kuikidwa mu 1896, Sitima yapamwamba ya Texas State imadutsa East Texas Piney Woods pakati pa midzi ya Rusk ndi Palestine. Kuyenda pamtunda wa Railway State ya Texas State ndi imodzi mwa njira zabwino kwambiri zogwiritsira ntchito kukongola kwachilengedwe kwa East Texas Piney Woods. Ulendo wopita ku Texas State Railroad ndi wotchuka makamaka pamasika pamene maluwa ali pachimake. Pogwiritsa ntchito maulendo othawa pagalimoto ku Texas State Railroad, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa koyamba mu 1881, ikufanana ndi kubwerera kumbuyo. Tauni ya Railway State ya Texas ikupereka maulendo osiyanasiyana ndi zochitika zapadera. Komabe, ulendo wa "muyezo" ndi Piney Woods Excursion Excursion, yomwe ndi ulendo wozungulira pakati pa Rusk ndi Palestina.02 ya 05
Big Thicket National Preserve
Ngakhale kuti dera la East Texas limadziwika ndi mitengo yake yamtengo wapatali ya pine, ndi mitengo ikuluikulu ya cypress yomwe imapezeka mkati mwa Big Thicket National Preserve yomwe imapangitsanso khalidwe lapadera ku pakiyi. Monga malo oyambirira kuti azisankhidwa kukhala dziko la United States, Big Thicket National Preserve ili ndi mahekitala opitirira 100,000 ndipo imapatsa alendo mwayi wodzisangalatsa. Kubwezera, kubwerera kumsasa, kumsasa, bwato ndi kusodza ndizo ntchito zomwe anthu ambiri amakonda. Palinso ambiri misewu yopita njinga, kuthamanga, mbalame kuyang'ana ndi chilengedwe kuyang'ana.03 a 05
Zojambulajambula
Monga tauni yakale kwambiri ku Texas, Nacogdoches ndithudi ndi "ayenera kuwona" kwa munthu wina aliyense wokonda mbiri ku Texas. Monga wina angaganizire kuchokera ku tawuni yakale ku boma, Nacogdoches ndi mbiri yakale . Kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1700, anthu a ku Spain anayamba kuyesa kukhazikitsa ntchito m'deralo. Mu 1779, kagulu ka anthu ogona anakhazikitsa boma la ku Nacogdoches. Mu 1832, nzika za Nacogdoche zinathamangitsa asilikali a ku Mexico m'tawuniyo pa "Nkhondo ya Nacogdoches," ndipo anathandiza kukhazikitsa malo a Revolution ya Texas. Mu 1845, yunivesite ya Nacogdoches inakhazikitsidwa. Mu 1923, Stephen F Austin Teachers College, yomwe inadzakhala yunivesite ya Stephen F Austin, inakhazikitsidwa. Masiku ano, Nacogdoches ndi zofanana ndi mbiri, mapangidwe a Chisipanishi ndi chithumwa chakumwera.
04 ya 05
Nyanja Sam Rayburn
Nyanja Sam Rayburn, yemwenso amadziwika bwino kuti "Big Sam," ndi malo aakulu kwambiri omwe ali m'chigawo cha Texas (pafupi ndi Toledo Bend Reservoir ndi yaikulu, koma ili ku Louisiana). Momwemo mu 1965, Sam Rayburn akuphatikiza mahekitala 114,000. Mzindawu uli kunja kwa mzinda wa East Texas wa Jasper, Sam Rayburn wakhala malo otchuka kwa asodzi, oyendetsa ngalawa, akuyenda m'madzi komanso ena akuyang'ana "tsiku limodzi m'nyanja."05 ya 05
Tyler Roses
Masamba a Tyler akhala akudziwika bwino pamaluwa awo komanso kukula kwake kwa minda. Musapusitse, Tyler akudalira maluwa. Okonda Rose amatha kuyendera minda yamalonda kunja kwa tawuni kapena kuyendayenda kudutsa mumzinda wa Tyler Municipal Rose Garden, womwe umasonyeza kuti pali zitsamba zokwana 40,000 zomwe zikuyimira mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya maluwa okwana 500. Tyler nayenso amakhala ku "Rose Museum."