Guss, Felix, and Jim Upshaw founded the community of County Line in the 1870s in northwest Nacogdoches County, in deep East Texas. As with hundreds of other rel

A history of independent African American settlements in Texas during the Jim Crow era, featuring historical and contemporary photographs. In the decades follow

"Book is a memoir of growing up in the East Texas freedom colony, County Line. There is an introduction and foreword that offer context, and photographs"--

In TFS Extra Book #28, Beatrice Upshaw shares her memories of growing up in County Line. A Biscuit for Your Shoe captures the lore of a community which began as

Collection covers Remembering Our Ancestors, Folklore Tales and Memorabilia and Family Sagas from favorite storytellers like James Ward Lee, Thad Sitton, J. Fra