We have a prime
location in beautiful Northeast Texas for industrial and business
development because of our access to major routes in all directions.
Quitman is home to Wood County Electric Cooperative and Peoples
Telephone Cooperative, two of the areas largest employers. The many
recreational activities, excellent, friendly churches, combined with a
labor force that offers the best of "East Texas" work ethic are
resources not often found.
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Quitman, the site
selected for the county seat of Wood County, was founded in 1850 and
named for John Anthony Quitman. John A. Quitman was governor of
Mississippi in 1850 and one of the most prominent citizens in the
United States.
During its first
year as county seat, Quitman attracted an influx of immigrants from
the Southern States and became the trading center for the county.
For a time it was the only post office. The post office was
established October 1851 with Howard Keys as the first postmaster.
Keys was one of the first merchants in town. |
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Quitman
is the proud home of actress, Sissy Spacek.
Born Mary Elizabeth
Spacek on December 25th, either in 1949 or 1950, in Quitman, Texas,
she became a very popular actress during the 1970's and 1980's.
She began with hopes to become a singer, and did sing at coffee houses
around New York. Acting won out though and she finally enrolled
at the Lee Strasberg Theatrical Institute.
Spacek is married to director Jack Fisk and has two children, Schuyler
(who appeared in The Babysitters Club movie) and Madison.
In addition to her Oscar nominations and award, she has also won
awards, or been nominated for awards, for the following movies:
Carrie, 3 Women, Coal Miner's Daughter, Missing, The River, and Crimes
of the Heart. |
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James Stephen Hogg
or Jim Hogg (March 24, 1851 - March 3, 1906), Texas lawyer and
statesman. He was the attorney-general from 1886 to 1891 and the first
native Governor of Texas from 1891 to 1895. Hogg was a follower of the
conservative New South Creed which became popular following the U.S.
Civil War, however he was also associated with populism. Hogg is often
remembered for naming his daughter Ima Hogg, an odd name which derived
from a poem written by James' brother.
After his
governorship ended, he retired from public office but not from
political life. He continued to work against the government corruption
he believed was at the center of public woes. He spoke on behalf of
William Jennings Bryan in Tammany Hall in 1900 and honored President
Theodore Roosevelt in Dallas in 1905. He moved to Houston, Texas and
started a new practice there that he continued at until the end of his
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Greater Quitman Area Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 426, Quitman, TX 75783 USA
Tel: (903) 763-4411 Fax: (903) 763-4913
email: qtmncoc@peoplescom.net |
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