Gladewater
United States · Americas
About Gladewater
Gladewater is a city in the Central Piney Woods region of Texas. It's probably best known for being Elvis Presley's base early in his career, and Johnny Cash wrote "I Walk the Line" here.
Gladewater travel guide
Getting there
U.S. Routes 80 and 271 go through Gladewater.
See
The Gladewater Museum, 116 W. Pacific St, ☏ +1 903 845-7608, [email protected]. Covers the city's founding, oil rush years, and more recent history. (updated Jun 2017) Gladewater Opry, 108 E. Commerce St, ☏ +1 903 845-3600. Closed in 2021 but still can appreciate this venue from the outside where Elvis once debuted.
Eat
Bodacious Bar-BQ, 913 W Upshur Ave, ☏ +1 903 845-2311. Guadalupe's Mexican Restaurant, 101 E Pacific Ave, ☏ +1 903 845-2318.
Sleep
The Regency Inn, 1009 Broadway Ave, ☏ +1 903-845-8003.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.