The first church established at East Mountain was a congregation of
Primitive Baptists. It was organized sometime in the latter part of the
1870’s, in a little log school house, where they continued to meet for a
while. H. B. Jones was the first pastor. Caldwell and Smith were the
first deacons. A church building was put up in 1881, and the present
brick building was erected in 1933.
A Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1914.
A Church of Christ was also established in about 1937 or 1938.
East Mountain secured a postoffice back in the early days with H. B.
Jones as first postmaster. The office was known as “Savannah” for a
while, but was later changed to East Mountain. Route No. 2 was
established out of Gladewater in 1906 or 1907. Mr. Graves was the first
mail carrier.
Mr. Salter ran a horse-power gin back in the beginning, and a little
later on, Mr. Wells put in a steam gin, and ran a sawmill in connection
with the gin. About 1905 Mr. Fenton put in a steam gin. H. B. Jones and
Thomas Wells both ran stores. There is one store at East Mountain now,
run by C. H. Pittman.