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    The Big Thicket is the name given to a somewhat imprecise region of a heavily forested area of Southeast Texas in the United States. This area represents...
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    area, including Woodville and Kountze. The Big Thicket National Preserve protects part of the old thicket, highlighting the area's biological resources...
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  • released by Mulholland Books on September 10, 2013. The title refers to Big Thicket, a heavily forested area in Southeast Texas. This book was selected by...
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    south include Village Creek and Pine Island Bayou, draining much of the Big Thicket region, both joining the Neches a few miles north of Beaumont. Towns...
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    oak. Historically the most dense part of this forest region was the Big Thicket though the lumber industry dramatically reduced the forest concentration...
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    (Big Thicket hog-nosed skunk)† – Oklahoma and southeastern Texas Although not threatened through most of its range, one subspecies, the Big Thicket hog-nosed...
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  • The Light of Saratoga is a legend located in the Big Thicket of Southeast Texas. This legend of a mysterious light is also known as the Ghost Road of...
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    countries. Watson, Geraldine Ellis (2006) Big Thicket Plant Ecology: An Introduction, Third Edition (Temple Big Thicket Series #5). University of North Texas...
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    preserves were Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas and Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, both established in 1974. The Big Cypress Swamp, adjacent...
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    and where the Big Thicket actually was, it took seven years and another 27 Big Thicket bills until Congress established the Big Thicket National Preserve...
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  • county in the Big Thicket area of Southeast Texas. Like their counterparts in the Kansas region, local Texans that lived in the Big Thicket forest region...
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    lumber annually. Kountze describes itself as "The Gateway to the Big Thicket". The thicket is a vast area of tangled, often impenetrable woods, streams,...
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    the Atlantic coastal plain. The 720,000-acre (2,900 km2) Big Cypress, along with Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas, became the first national preserves...
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    Long sections of the creek pass through the Big Thicket National Preserve. The 14,343 acres (58.04 km2) Big Sandy Creek unit is named after the stream...
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    History. Watson, Geraldine Ellis (2006) Big Thicket Plant Ecology: An Introduction, Third Edition (Temple Big Thicket Series #5). University of North Texas...
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    consequence, the "Big Thicket" became a refuge for criminals fleeing the United States and hiding out in a "no man's land" in the pine tree thickets. The early...
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    Big Bend National Park is a national park of the United States located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest...
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  • Fred is approximately 40 miles north of Beaumont and is located in the Big Thicket. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fred, Texas...
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    Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina and Tennessee; and eventually into the Big Thicket region of Southeast Texas. It is claimed the title character in Fred...
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  • approximately 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Beaumont and adjacent to the Big Thicket National Preserve. The ZIP code is 77585. Saratoga is part of the Beaumont–Port...
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  • major tributary of the Neches River. The Reservoir is upstream of the Big Thicket National Preserve. The reservoir's capacity is 3,997,600 acre-feet (4...
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    particular the Big Thicket region, just north of Houston and Beaumont, has historically been home to the densest woodlands. The Big Thicket was mostly uninhabited...
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    surviving town in Hardin County. It is called by some the "Gateway to the Big Thicket".[citation needed] Oil derricks at Sour Lake, c. 1910 Sour Lake oil leases...
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    into the Chesapeake Bay. Village Creek, a 63 Mile long stream in the Big Thicket region of southeast Texas: flows into the Neches River. Waccamaw River...
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    As a freshman representative, Wilson achieved the designation of the Big Thicket in Southeast Texas as a National Preserve in 1974. This early achievement...
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    ISBN 978-0521739672. Watson, Geraldine Ellis (2000) Big Thicket Plant Ecology: An Introduction, Third Edition (Temple Big Thicket Series #5). University of North Texas...
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    of Mexico. The county is largely covered by the dense forest of the Big Thicket. It is crossed by numerous small streams and creeks that drain the county...
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    Louisiana and then into Texas. In 1795, the Coushatta arrived in the Big Thicket area of East Texas. In 1805, nearly 1,000 Alabama came to Tyler County's...
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    County (southwest) Trinity County (northwest) Big Thicket National Preserve (part) School districts: Big Sandy Independent School District Chester Independent...
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    raised with a brother and five sisters in Colmesneil, Texas, in the Big Thicket region of southeast Texas. His father, George Washington Jones, worked...
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