Background -- What Jefferson was -- Foundations -- Townsite -- Emergence -- Development -- Censuses -- Women -- Slaves -- Roads and bridges -- County seat -- Municipal affairs -- Wharves -- Navigation -- Navigation controversies -- Market area -- Primary business types -- Commodity markets -- Warehouse district -- Earliest merchants -- Early 1850s merchants -- Middle 1850s merchants -- Late merchants -- Miscellaneous businesses -- Manufacturing -- Packeries -- Structural features -- The professions -- Politics -- Fraternal organizations -- Religion -- Education -- Hotels -- Stables -- Stagecoaches -- Newspapers -- Postal services -- Telegraph -- Railroads -- Sports -- Culture and entertainment -- Balls and dances -- Crime -- Vice -- Health and welfare -- Mortality
Summary
Founded in 1845 as a steamboat port at the entryway to western markets from the Red River, Jefferson was a thriving center of trade until the steamboat traffic dried up in the 1870s. Jefferson was the unofficial capital of East Texas, but it was also typical of boom towns in general. This title examines the frontier town
