- The Patriotism of Beaumont, Texas: Town re-entered union July 4, 1896
Among those represented in the "grand trades display" were floats of the Reliance Lumber Co , Beaumont Lumber Co , Beaumont Furniture Factory, Blanchette Brickyard, Long Manufacturing Co , Consolidated Export Lumber Co , the railroads, civic societies, fire companies, the Jeff Davis Rifles, and at least fifty more, representing every branch of
- The Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana
THE BATTLE OF CALCASIEU PASS, LOUISIANA by W T Block Reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, May 6, 1977, p 1d In May, 1909, an old Confederate veteran, J A Brickhouse of Beaumont, Texas, expressed a fear that the story of the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, would eventually be lost to posterity At that time, he wrote one of the three eye-witness accounts of that battle that are known
- The Big Thicket Bear Hunters Club of Kountze
By W T Block The old bear hunters of Hardin County had two things in common - they hunted bears until their youth gave way to old age, and they became windy raconteurs, talking each other to death about the big bear that got away In fact around 1925, a half dozen or so old bear hunters met each Saturday morning under the big beech tree beside the Nona-Fletcher sawmill office in Kountze
- The March - wtblock. org
A stream of oil six inches in diameter is shooting over 100 feet into the air from a well located about three miles south of this city, and the people of Beaumont of every sort and condition are in a feverish state of excitement Nothing in point of general interest ever before so wrought up the population of this city The throng on the streets appears to be childishly happy, and grown up men
- Confederate flag remains symbol of hate to many today
Reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, Saturday February 27, 1999 NEDERLAND While I usually would leave editorials for others to, write, I feel a need to express an opinion about use of the Confederate flag
- THE KOELEMAY FAMILIES - wtblock. org
THE KOELEMAY FAMILIES By W T Block Considering the number of family members and the contributions to local history made by the members of the Koelemay families, it is indeed an irony that present-day Nederland's telephone directory no longer lists anyone with the Koelemay surname Arriving in Nederland on March 1, 1898, members of that large family, including five sons and three daughters
- Captain Lucas - wtblock. org
Mr Anthony F Lucas is a native of Austria and is a graduate of the Polytechnic College of Gratz He has spent many years in making geological investigations and has explored for minerals in many parts of the United States and in other countries Just before coming to Beaumont, he had been engaged for several years in developing salt deposits in (on islands in the southern marshes of
- Capt. George W. OBrien: A Torchbearer of Our Texas Civilization
Reprinted from Beaumont ENTERPRISE, November 9, 1980, p 11-C Upon entering the main gate of Magnolia Cemetery at Beaumont, Texas, and driving a short distance beyond the cemetery office, one quickly encounters a very tall and quite impressive marble oblelisk tombstone bearing the inscription of "George Washington O'Brien " Immediately, the towering oak tree that until recently divided a
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