Jim Hogg State Historic Park is on U.S. Highway 84 two miles northeast of Rusk in central Cherokee County. The 177-acre park includes portions of the old Mountain Home Plantation, the birthplace of Governor James Stephen Hogg, the first native born Governor of Texas. The area was originally settled by Hogg's parents, Lucanda (McMath) and Joseph L. Hogg, who moved there in 1839. In 1941 James Hogg's children Ima Hogg, Thomas E. Hogg, and Mike Hogg presented the property to the city of Rusk, which turned over the deed to the Texas Parks Board. A scale replica (1967) of the dog-trot cabin in which Hogg was born serves as a museum. The park also contains 1 1/2 miles of nature trails, the Hogg family cemetery, picnic sites, and an old iron-ore strip mine. Just recently, the city of Rusk has re-acquired the park from the State, and the Parks and Wildlife department has agreed to give the city $160,400 for the renovation work at the park. This money will go to the construction of a new picnic pavilion with restrooms and to replace the playground equipment to encourgage use of the park by families with young children. Picnic tables and barbecue grills will also be added. The roof of the replica home will also be replaced with cedar fire resistant shingles. |
Jim Hogg Historic Park |
Jim Hogg State Historic Park is on U.S. Highway 84 two miles northeast of Rusk in central Cherokee County. The 177-acre park includes portions of the old Mountain Home Plantation, the birthplace of Governor James Stephen Hogg, the first native born Governor of Texas. The area was originally settled by Hogg's parents, Lucanda (McMath) and Joseph L. Hogg, who moved there in 1839. In 1941 James Hogg's children Ima Hogg, Thomas E. Hogg, and Mike Hogg presented the property to the city of Rusk, which turned over the deed to the Texas Parks Board. A scale replica (1967) of the dog-trot cabin in which Hogg was born serves as a museum. The park also contains 1 1/2 miles of nature trails, the Hogg family cemetery, picnic sites, and an old iron-ore strip mine. Just recently, the city of Rusk has re-acquired the park from the State, and the Parks and Wildlife department has agreed to give the city $160,400 for the renovation work at the park. This money will go to the construction of a new picnic pavilion with restrooms and to replace the playground equipment to encourgage use of the park by families with young children. Picnic tables and barbecue grills will also be added. The roof of the replica home will also be replaced with cedar fire resistant shingles. |
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Front view of the house. |
A look at the family cemetery. |
