Some east Texas history -- Introduction -- Meet the Big Thicket -- Geology of the Big Thicket -- The Indians -- G.T.T. : the pioneers -- Timbering the Big Thicket -- The blessed Trinity -- Some southeast Texas towns -- Batson, wildest of 'em all -- Beaumont: from sawdust town to bonanza city -- Out of a canebrake ... Jasper, forest jewel -- Kountze, town with a sense of humor -- "Atascosito" becomes Liberty -- Saratoga, the heart! -- Silsbee, birthplace of industrial forests and conservation -- Sour Lake; springs versus oil -- Shootout in Woodville -- Roadside history of southeast Texas -- Tour 1 US 59: Houston to Lufkin -- Tour 2 TX 105: Cleveland to Beaumont -- Tour 3 FM 787: Cleveland via Saratoga to US 69 -- Tour 4 FM 770: Raywood, Hull, Batson, Saratoga, old Hardin -- Tour 5 FM 326: Nome to Kountze -- Tour 6 TX 146: Liberty to Livingston-- Tour 7 US 90: Houston, Dayton (Trinity River Wildlife Refuge), Libeerty, Beaumont -- Tour 8 US 287: Corrigan, Chester, Woodville -- Tour 9 US 190: Livingston, Indian Village, Woodville, Jasper -- Tour 10 US 69-287: Beaumont to Woodville -- Tour 11 US 96, FM 92: Beaumont to Steinhagen Lake (west side) -- Tour 12 TX 63, RR 255: Jasper/Bevilport/old Zavala/Ebenezer/forks of the river -- Tour 13 Old Jasper/Beaumont highway -- Tour 14 US 190 and TX 87: Jasper/Newton/Orange -- Tour 15 Interstate 10: Orange, Beaumont, Sabine Pass, San Jacinto, Houston.