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Jasper is a city in the Deep East region of Texas.

Understand

Jasper gained a measure of notoriety when an African-American man was dragged to his death behind a pick-up truck in a gruesome lynching in 1998. Much of the town subsequently unified to express revulsion for the crime and opposition to the racial hatred that motivated it.

Get in

Get around

See

  • Beaty-Orton House, 200 S. Main (near Sandy Creek Park), +1 409-383-6138. M-F 8AM-5PM. Historic two-story home. Donation requested.
  • Sam Rayburn Powerhouse (just off Recreation Road 255), +1 409-384-5716. This sixteen story hydroelectric power plant has won awards for design.

Do

  • Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Fishing, boating.
  • Sandy Creek Park and Trail (between S, Main and Marvin Hancock Dr). Open dawn to dusk. One mile loop walking/running trail, playground and covered picnic areas.

Buy

Eat

  • Hamburger Depot, 283 S Wheeler St, +1 409 384-5824. Local favorite for hamburgers and all the fixin's.
  • Texas Star Café, 205 N Wheeler St, +1 409 837-4444. Cheap but tasty downhome cooking.

Drink

Sleep

  • Holiday Inn Express, 239 East Gibson, +1 409 384-9021. Clean rooms with interior access, mini-fridge, microwave, and free internet access.
  • Ramada Inn, 239 East Gibson, +1 409 384-9021. Clean rooms. Laundry service and restaurant/bar on the premises. Pets OK.
  • Super 8, 2100 North Wheeler, +1 409 384-8600. Clean and relatively new. Squeamish drivers may want to pass on this one, as its parking lot exits at a rather dangerous busy intersection.
  • Swann Hotel Bed and Breakfast, 250 N Main St, +1 409 489 9010. Restored wooden Victorian inn built in 1901.

Go next

Routes through Jasper
ENDTenaha  N  S  BeaumontPort Arthur
Bryan-College StationHuntsville  W  E  OpelousasBaton Rouge



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