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MARSHALL TEXAS |
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Marshall,
Texas is known for many things. One is the Wonderland of Lights, which is one of
the biggest Christmas light displays in America, drawing tourists from all over
the world. Hundreds of businesses outline their buildings and windows with
millions of lights, with 125,000 lights lighting up the festival's Crown Jewel,
the Harrison County Historical Courthouse. Entire Marshall Neighborhoods
decorate around central themes.
Lady Bird Johnson graduated from Marshall Senior High School,
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Marshall was a key Texas player for the Confederacy in the Civil War. After the Civil War and the Freeing of the Slaves, with its large African American population Marshall became a center of the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Dr. Martin Luther King and the Reverend Jesse Jackson attended Bishop College in Marshall. Marshall's dominant industry, pottery making began in 1896 with Marshall Pottery. Marshall is one of the top pottery producers in the United States, churning out millions of red clay and stoneware pots annually. You can visit the Marshall Pottery Museum to learn all you could possibly want to know about pottery. |
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An unusual industry in Marshall is a high number of patent lawsuits being filed. Marshall has a reputation for fielding plaintiff friendly juries. As a result only the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California has more patent suit filings than Marshall. In addition to the Pottery Museum, in Marshall you will also find Harrison County Historical Museum, Texas & Pacific Railway Museum and Michelson Art Museum. You can also visit the Ginocchio National Historic District covering three square blocks in downtown Marshall. You can also visit the Starr Family Home State Historic Site, more often called Maplecroft. |
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