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About Jefferson, TX

Tourism in Jefferson is enhanced by a number of events that are held throughout the year. Major annual events include: Mardi Gras Upriver Diamond Don's Vintage Motocross History, Haunts, and Legends Historical Pilgrimage 4 July Celebration Corvette Car Show Bigfoot Conference Taste of Jefferson Texas Sounds International Country Music Awards Candlelight Tour of Homes Quilts on the Bayou quilt show - January Almost every commercial building and house on the main arterial road in Jefferson has a historic marker. Early records indicate that Jefferson was founded around 1841 on land ceded from the Caddo Indians. At that time, a log jam more than 100 miles long existed on the Red River north of present Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Indians said that this log jam, known as the Great Red River Raft, had always existed.