Guy | 
04 28th, 2009| 
Jefferson Texas will host what is billed as the largest Civil War reenactment in Texas this weekend. While not technically a “biker” event, one could argue that any event in Jefferson is a biker event. The town is so biker friendly that a least a couple of hundred bikes will be there on any given weekend.
And while we’re arguing technicalities, the event this weekend is not actually a reenactment. There never was a Battle of Port Jefferson. Union troops, under the command of General Nathaniel Banks, were on the way to burn the port town of Jefferson when they met defeat at Mansfield Louisiana on April 8, 1864. But the boys in Jefferson are still spoiling for a fight and by golly they’re going to have one. So every year year about this time Jefferson hosts a reenactment of the battle that would have been if the Yankees had just made it this far.
Jefferson is always a good biking destination, and this weekend it will offer a lot of additional entertainment. And even though the battle itself never took place, the re-enactors are serious about period authenticity. It will be 1864 again in Jefferson.
— Guy Wheatley
Historic downtown Jefferson
Any ride to Camden is a good use of gas. Downtown Camden is as full of southern Arkansas Charm as one might hope. Work has taken me over there several times in the last few years, and I always looked forward to the trips I was able to make on the bike. The poker run looks like a fun event and supports a good cause.
Growing up in farm country, I learned quickly to not complain about rain. No matter that it and been dry all week and was now raining out my weekend, there was some big gruff farmer ready to take a shovel to my head for complaining about the rain his field so desperately needed. But I’m going to have to lament just a little about this weekend. The Pray For A Cure Rally is tomorrow from 9 to 3 at Hooters. This is a good cause and it’d be a real shame to see it rained out.