Sunday, December 21, 2008 - Livingston TX
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Historic Roadside Park, US190, Newton County TX, December 21, 2008
Travel route for the day
From Eunice LA
- West on US190 about 190 miles
To Livingston TX
Night camp
Wal-Mart Parking Lot in Livingston TX
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Livingston TX
Wal-Mart Supercenter, 1620 West Church, Livingston, TX 77351 - (936) 327-6370
- The parking lot at the Livingston store is on a bit of a slope but it's usable.
- The store is on the north side of US190 just west of the US59 interchange
- Verizon cell phone service- yes, excellent signal
- Verizon EVDO Broadband service - yes, excellent signal
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
Hobnobbing with Brigham Young
The day following my arrival in the flourishing City of the Saints, as they called it then and still call it, I very unexpectedly met and formed the acquaintance of Brigham Young. I was riding along at the head of my flock of sheep when a stoutly built, florid faced genteel-looking man, whose hair was just turning gray, walked down to the street from one of the most pretentious residences in the place and inquired whose sheep I had charge of.