Visiting Crockett

Historical Cookbook

 
The Houston County Heritage and Historical Cookbook is a historical book edited by Dorothy Harrison.  This historical book offers hundreds of recipes that are at least 50 years old.  Along with the many recipes listed in this book there are historic photographs of people and buildings around Crockett and Houston County photographed by Suzanne Steed.  This special Historical Houston County Cookbook covers main entrees to side dishes, desserts and breads.  All of the recipes are fully indexed along with photographs.  This historical piece is great for gifts and safe keeping.  To purchase a copy of the book please contact the Crockett Area Chamber office at 936-544-2359.  

 

 

 

 

State Chair Raffle

State Desk Chair to be raffled off for $1 a ticket.  The chair will be displayed in local banks for a month at a time until the drawing on December 3, 2010.  The proceeds are going in a scholarship fund for students at our local schools.
For more information contact 544-2359.
(Currently displayed at Southland Federal Credit Union)
Location Print E-mail

Crockett is ideally situated at the center of a network of State and Federal Highways in the beautiful Piney Woods area of East Texas. Routes leaving Crockett intersect Interstate Highway 45 providing convenient access to the major metropolitan areas of Houston to the south and Dallas Fort Worth to the north. Other surrounding cities are easily accessed via state and federal highways that meet with Crockett as the hub.

View a map of Crockett on Google.


  

Distance To Other Cities

  • 120 miles north of Houston
  • 150 miles south of Dallas
  • 180 miles east of Austin
  • 75 miles north east of Bryan/College Station
  • 239 miles north east of San Antonio
  • 170 miles south west of Shreveport, Louisiana.
 

Community Links

Economic Development: www.crockett.org
Pop Warner Football: HoustonCountyFootball.org
Grapeland Peanut Festival: www.peanutfest.com
Crockett Youth Soccor Association:
Contact- Julie Tucker/204-0602, Brisa Frias/544-9237 or Julie Wilson/546-3047

Crockett Area Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 307
1100 Edmiston Drive
Crockett, Texas 75835
Phone: (936) 544-2359
Fax (936) 544-4355
Toll Free (888) 269-2359