* History
of Mt.Pleasant, Texas - Mount Pleasant,
located in the heart of the Northeast Texas region was founded
on May 11, 1848. John Binion, Sr., Richard Moore and L. Gilbert
laid off a forty-eight block town site to serve as the county
seat for Titus County, which was created by a legislative act
on May 11, 1846. The County was named for pioneer resident Andrew
Jackson Titus (1814-1855), the man who opened the county's first
road to the river port in Jefferson. View
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* Mt.
Pleasant Chamber of Commerce - Mt. Pleasant
is a commercial center for farming, poultry farming and processing,
livestock, oil, lignite and manufacturing. Mount Pleasant is
the home of Northeast Texas Community College, which serves a
three-county area. Mount Pleasant has much to offer from exciting
recreational activities such as 17,000 acres of fishing to ideal
industrial sites. View
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* City
of Mt.Pleasant - Centrally located in the beautiful
Northeast Texas region, Mount Pleasant offers easy access to
seven lakes which provide year-round recreational opportunities,
including water sports and fishing. Known as the hub of Northeast
Texas, Mount Pleasant, the county seat of Titus County, boasts
a healthy economy based on agri-business, industry, tourism,
and wholesale and retail trade. A Texas Main Street city, Mount
Pleasant has been named one of the "100 Best Small Towns
in America." Situated on I-30, Mount Pleasant is within
convenient driving distance of the Dallas Metroplex, Tyler-Longview,
Shreveport and Texarkana. View
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* Daily
Tribune Newpaper - In 1939, C. E. Palmer and
his associates with The Texarkana Gazette started a daily publication
in Mount Pleasant known as the Mount Pleasant Daily News. After
a year and a half, the name was changed to the Titus County Tribune
and became a weekly publication. View
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