W. T. Block, Jr. Papers

 

1998-2005

5.08 linear feet

Collection Number 191

Prepared by Kathie Bordelon
June 2005

 

CITATION: W. T. Block, Jr. Papers, Collection No. 191, Box number, Folder number, Archives and Special Collections Department, Frazar Memorial Library, McNeese State University.

Archives and Special Collections Department
Frazar Memorial Library
McNeese State University


Biographical Sketch

William Theodore (W. T.) Block, Jr. was born in Port Neches on July 29, 1920, the son of W. T. "Will" Block, Sr. and Sarah Jane Sweeney. He was in the anti-aircraft artillery corps of the U. S. Army early during WWII, and met his first wife, Maria Elisabeth Kothe, in Germany shortly after the end of the war. They settled in Nederland, Texas in 1947, where Block became assistant postmaster until 1972, when he was transferred to postmaster at Orange, Texas. He retired from there in 1973 and took over as director of the campus post office at Lamar University where he remained for the next ten years. He retired a second time in 1983.

Block earned his Master's Degree in History from Lamar University and authored a number of books, including Sour Lake, Texas: From Mud Baths to Millionaires; Cotton Bales, Keelboats, and Sternwheelers: A History of the Sabine River and Trinity River Cotton Trades; and Early Sawmill Towns of the Louisiana-Texas Borderlands.

After losing his first wife in 1992, W. T. remarried in 1996 to Helga Woods, and continues to be active researching and writing about the history of Texas and Louisiana.

(From Deevy, Bill. "Profile of W. T. Block, a Historian." Southeast Texas Business News. March 1996)

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains Block's articles on a variety of historical subjects.


Container List


Box 1 FF 1

Some Notes on the Civil War Jayhawkers of Confederate Louisiana

Samuel P. Henry:  Father of Cameron Parish
Skull Island on Mermentau River
Michel Peveto II and the History of Johnson Bayou
Some Notes on Early Grand Chenier, Louisiana
A History of Channelization of Calcasieu River
The Story of the Calcasieu River Light House
The Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana
Early River Boats of Southwest Louisiana
Henry Kneip at the Battle of Calcasieu Pass
Ginger Rogers:  Once a Resident of Bessmay
Louis Magee:  Ex-Confederate Lumberjack

Edgar Bergen: 
"Father of McCarthy and Snerd"

Black Panthers:  Did Such an Animal Ever Exist?

Sabine Pass Confederate Hung Following "Haymarket Riot
"

The Longhorns of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Those Newton County Rattlesnakes

Stephen Williams:  Twice a Soldier
B 55 Years Apart

John G. Schultz:  A Killer Hung in Galveston

"Uncle Tom
"
Seamens:  The Raconteur of Peachtree Village

Dequincy:  Once the Turpentine Capitol of Louisiana

Box 1 FF 2 


Gov. Jim Hogg and "Miss Ima" Hogg:  A Philanthropist
Dispatching Mail in the
"Olden Days"

The Sutton-Taylor Feud of Dewitt County

Gen. Sam Houston
's Three Battle Horses

Julia Ward Howe:  A Remarkable Lady

Rio Grande Justice:  Leander McNelly, Texas Ranger
More Civil War Atrocities
Jean Harlow:  America's First  "Blonde Bombshell"
The X I T Ranch:  Larger Than the State of Connecticut
Blockade-Running From Beaumont and Vicinity
Ghost of Nicaragua Smith Still Haunts Graveyard
Dr. Edward Arrel Pye:  Another Medical Hero
Browndell, Texas:  A Jasper County Ghost Town
I Remember "The Lucky Stiffs"
Albert Gallatin Van Pradelles:  Cotton Merchant of Wallisville, Texas
Belzora in Smith County:  "Head of Sabine River Navigation"
Midcounty Catholics Had All-Day Travel to Attend Church

"Schoolboy" Rowe:  Exporters' Pitching Sensation
Cassandra Van Pradelles:  A Victim of Lafitte's Pirates?
The Recollections of a Grand Chenier Native

A Killer's Trail of Thread:  Some Alamo Heroes Fought Twice for Texas
"One Rat Hide an Acre" - Cameron Parish in 1928
Demise of Reptilian "Big Tooth" Drew Crowds
Cincinnati, Texas:  A Trinity Riverport Ghost Town
"Babe" Didrikson Zaharias:  Champion of Champions
David White and the Confederate Gunboat Alabama
The Confederacy's "Gray Ghost"
I Thoroughly Hate Sweet Potatoes

Box 1 FF3

I Remember Captain Otto Bengston

The Early Pure Oil Company's Smiths Bluff Refinery
Fostoria, Texas:  A Montgomery County Ghost Town
The Money Hunters Who Sought Lafitte's Treasures
Sabine Pass Partnership Spawned Galveston Empire
Three Trinity Steamers Died in Sabine River
Small Pox Epidemic Struck Chambers County in 1877
Alfred H. Belo Was Outstanding Texas Journalist
Early East Texas and Its Big Saw Logs
The "Great Depression" in Port Neches
Benjamin Johnson:  A Battle of San Jacinto Veteran
Life Began at Sixty for Two Pioneers
Some Early Ghost Towns of Liberty County
Sabine Pass, Texas:  "Call Us Alligatorville"
Swarthout:  A Ghost Town of Trinity River
The Texas Centennial and Pan-American Expositions
Thomas Deye Owings of Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas:  Frontier Iron-Smelterer and Military Hero
The "4-C" Sawmill:  The Biggest West of the Mississippi
Uncle Andrew's Farthing
The 1862 Hangings at Gainsville, Texas
"The Wreck of the Old 97"
Jefferson, Texas and the "Diamond Bessie" Murder Trial
Sabine Pass' Pioneer Mother Tells of Hardships
The Copperheads:  The South's Northern Sympathizers
Jules Victor Bouquet:  An Acadian Cavalryman
Clara Bow:  Flapper and "It Girl" Movie Star
Jean Lafitte and the African Slave Trade
Movie Star Joan Blondell Once Lived in Leesville, LA.
The Big Thicket Bear Hunters Club of Kountze:  "They Dream of Killing the Bears"
Prudence Crandall:  "The State Heroine of Connecticut"
July 4, 1896:  The Date Beaumont Re-entered the Union
The Patriotism of Beaumont, Texas:  Town Re-entered Union July 4, 1896
Marcella and the Cameron Bootlegger
Guy Chadwell and the Bordello Madam
The Big Cats of the Big Thicket

Are the East Cougars a Threat to Human Life?
Two Brothers and a Brother-in-law in East Texas:  Moses L. Patton, Robert S. Patton, and Radford Berry


Box 1 FF 4

Napoleon Bonaparte Wiess:  Steamboat Captain and Confederate Soldier

Bob Hope:  A Century of Living
Casey Jones:  A Romantic Locomotive Hero
Benjamin Vernon Lilly: "Last of the Mountain Men"
Robert Justus Kleberg, Sr.:  A San Jacinto Veteran
The Doll and the White Rose
Immortal Hank Greenberg Was Once a Beaumont Exporter
Ancient Iraq Was Once a "Cradle of Civilization"
Flight From Ghosts Helps Stomp Some Berry Juice
Sybil Ludington:  Revered as the "Female Paul Revere"
Frances Slanger:  Army Nurse Killed in Action
The Elings Family:  Earliest Hosts of the Orange Hotel
Aunt Vic's Patriotism in Sabine Pass
Erastus "Deaf" Smith:  Texas Scout and San Jacinto Veteran
The Confederacy's "Fighting Bishop"
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker:  Medal of Honor Winner
Requiem for a Confederate Gunboat:  The CSS Josiah H. Bell
Gunboat Josiah Bell's Engine Outlived Her Hull
Joseph C. Kiker:  An Armored Division Veteran
Burton F. Humphreys:  Newton Combat Veteran
Captain Harper's Company Mustered in Beaumont
The Republic of Texas Veterans' Last Encampment
Area Militiamen Helped Win Texas Independence
Edward I. Kellie:  Journalist and 'Mark Twain' of East Texas
John Naumczik:  7th Army Infantry Veteran
Cameron, LA.:  Tevis Called It the Enchanted City
Junkerville:  A Cameron Parish Ghost Town
Wilbur and Orville Wright:  Successful Pioneers of Flight
Jack Johnson:  The First Black Heavyweight Champion
For the Love of Those Baby Cockatiels
"Waste No Bullets" Mentality Governed Early Army Brass
The Early Water Mills of Newton County
James and Tabitha Barnes:  Patriarchs of Tyler County
The "Muckrakers":  Journalists Who Championed Reform
Dr. Rosinger Promoted Beaumont Judaism for 50 Years
Reminiscences of the Beaumont Sawmills
West Virginia Teenager Proved to Be "Teenangel"
An Underground Cypress Pipe Line to Port Arthur
Graduation Day at Beaumont Academy in 1881
Dr. Edward Arrel Pye:  A Texas Medical Hero
Rogers Hornsby Was Beaumont
's "Own" in 1950

"The 1921 School Review of Jefferson County, Texas"
All-Girl Schools Failed in Early Jefferson County

Box 1 FF 5

Hannah Staffen Deblance:  A Pioneer Midcountain

The Hutterites:  An Oft Persecuted Religion
Sorry, Sarge, You'll Have to Take My Heart
My Hero, Father Ivan
Ms. Mollie's Mother's Day
Early Beaumont Education:  Frontier Schools Provided the City's Leaders of the Future
Charlsie E. Berly:  The Death of a Lovely Lady
Our World War I Fleet Lies Submerged in Rivers
Wartime Winnie the Welder Traded Apron for Overalls
Benjamin Johnson:  Sabine Pass' San Jacinto Veteran
John Kelley Robertson:  Lawyer and County Clerk
Capt. Moses L. Patton:  First Steamboatman of the Neches
One of Early Beaumont's Physician Heroes
The Ultimate in Show Business:  The Kyle Opera House
"One Rat Hide an Acre" - The Orange- Cameron Land Company
Barbed Wire:  "The Devil's Rope" and Port Arthur
McKinney, Williams and Co.:  Texas' Pioneer Cotton Merchant
Salem, Texas:  Newton County's Riverport Ghost Town
James Taylor White:  Texas' First Cattle King
Port Neches KKK Voted Itself Out of Existence
Union Lt. F. Crocker:  Dick Dowling Cut Off His Stinger
May 24-25, 1865:  The Defeated Rebels Return to Beaumont
Joyce Kilmer:  A Tribute to God's Trees
Dr. Ashbel Smith:  Patriot in War and Texas Education
Sally Scull:  Texas' Pioneer "Bad Girl"
Beaumont's Italian Community Began Before 1880
Orson Welles and "The War of the Worlds"
William McFaddin:  Jefferson County's Pioneer Rancher
Orange County Pioneer Signed Declaration of Independence
Nederland Historical Society Seeks New Members
The Underground Oil Tanks of Southeast Texas
First Midcounty Post Office Opened in 1859
Grigsby Was a Proprietor of Original Beaumont Townsite
Thomas Nast:  Artist and Political Cartoonist
Shaker Religion Doomed Itself Due To Celibate Lifestyle
"Bigfoot" Wallace:  Early Texas Raconteur
"The Awakening" and Klan No. 7, Beaumont Ku Klux Klan
New Birmingham, East Texas' 'Iron City'
Garrison Ridge:  Historical Hotspot of Cameron Parish
A Beautiful Cat
Slave Ship Henrietta Marie Speaks From Ocean Depths
Cut and Shoot, Texas Was Once Waukegan Ghost Town

Sven Magnus Swenson:  Cattle Entrepreneur From Sweden
German U-Boat 166 Is Sunk South of New Orleans
Rudy York Played Two Years for Exporters

Box 1 FF 6

Bradley Garner
's Children Were Texas Heroes

Those Tyler County Rattlesnakes
The First Nederland Christmas in 1898
Col. W. F. Griffin Had Sabine Pass Fort Named for Him
Biography of Elias Thompson Seale
Early Sawmill Employees Suffered Frequent Injuries
Andrew Allen Veatch:  A Colorful Country Editor
Wendish Immigrants Lost Their Culture in Texas
Hector:  My Unforgettable Soldier-Friend
Rev. Stephenson Was First Preacher in Beaumont
The Alexander Gilmer Lumber Company of Jasper County
Antebellum Orange Surpassed Its Neighbors
A Love Story in a Blizzard
Alexander Gilmer:  Industrialist of Orange, Texas
A Comanche Warrior's Trail of Thread
The Legend of the Olive Ghost Train
The Headless Yankee Gunner of Sabine Pass
A Big Thicket Ghost Story
The Ghosts of Grigsby's Bluff
Hardin County's Eerie "Ghost Road"
The Ghost of Monkey Island
Spooky Legends Lives On
He "Bit the Dust" With His Boots On:  John H. Selman
Bootlegging Brothers' Joy Short-lived
Two Early Nederlanders Detoured via Africa
John Chapman:  The Legendary Johnny Appleseed
An Area Lynch Mob of 1933
Corn Flakes and Cow's Milk During the Bulge Battle
"The Port Arthur Picnic Grounds"
Old-time Editors Libeled Each Other
Yellow Fever and the Howard Associations
The Battle of Adobe Walls
Last Voyage of the Stingray Recalled
Civil War-Era Submarine Being Restored
My 'Longest Mile'
Confessions of a 78th Signal Company Dogface
Prince Polecat:  General Camille Armand Jules De Polignac
Dequincy:  Proud City of the 1920s
Sweeney's Were Among First Settlers of Grand Chenier
Capt. Daniel Goos:  An Early Lake Charles Sawmiller
 

BOX 2 FF 1

Prolific Author Closes Book on History, MidCounty Chronicle, February 4, 1998

Nederlander Remembers 'Lucky Stiffs', Port Arthur News, March 17, 1998
Houseboaters Once Traveled Area Waterways, Beaumont Enterprise, August 17, 1998
No Man is an Island Unless Hunted Skunk Launches Scent, Beaumont Enterprise, August 26, 1998
Johnson Bayou was Prosperous in 1894, The Cameron Parish Pilot, August 27, 1998
'Law West of Neches' Skips His High Noon, Beaumont Enterprise, September 5, 1998
Big Rattlers Raised Cane, Not Charlie, Beaumont Enterprise, September 12, 1998
Great-grandpa Wasn't Popular in the South, Beaumont Enterprise, September 28, 1998
Hurricanes Leave Deadly Area Legacy, Beaumont Enterprise, October 2, 1998
Depression Was Depressing, Except Brother's Paddling, Beaumont Enterprise, October 7, 1998
Headless Yankee Haunts Sabine Pass, MidCounty Chronicle, October 28, 1998
Pranks Rule 'Olden Days' Celebrations of Halloween, Beaumont Enterprise, October 31, 1998
Bootlegging Brothers' Joy Short-lived, Beaumont Enterprise, November 14, 1998
Marine-friendly 'Oil Pond' Once Lurked Near Sabine Pass, Beaumont Enterprise, November 21, 1998
Dad's Wisdom Sure Paid Off for My Future, Beaumont Enterprise, November 28, 1998
Flight From Ghosts Helps Stomp Some Berry Juice, Beaumont Enterprise, December 5, 1998
Legend of Shellbank, The Cameron Parish Pilot, December 10, 1998
Entertainment in Beaumont Has News Roots, Beaumont Enterprise, December 12, 1998
Sorry, Sarge, You'll Have to Take My Heart, Beaumont Enterprise, December 19, 1998
Celebrations of Christmas in Beaumont Change Little, Beaumont Enterprise, December 23, 1998
Bringing Joy to the Needy in Depression Was Fulfilling, Beaumont Enterprise, December 26, 1998
Demise of Reptilian 'Big Tooth' Drew Crowds, Beaumont Enterprise, January 2, 1999
Spindle Top Once Isolated Plague Victims, Beaumont Enterprise, January 9, 1999
Prank Led to Empty Sleeve, Beaumont Enterprise, January 10, 1999
Runaway Slave Achieved Fame in Early Texas, Beaumont Enterprise, January 18, 1999
Memorials:  Willie Mae Block Winberg, Beaumont Enterprise, January 19, 1999
Foxy Advice on Gambling Serves Well, Beaumont Enterprise, January 23, 1999
Real Cold War Occurred Here During 1890s, Beaumont Enterprise, January 30, 1999
Strange Case About Corpse Still Unsolved, Beaumont Enterprise, February 6, 1999
Dairy Farm's End Stopped Wonder Bra for Milk Cows, Beaumont Enterprise, February 13, 1999
Emancipated Men Gave City So Very Much in Early Years, Beaumont Enterprise, February 20, 1999
Confederate Flag Remains Symbol of Hate to Many Today, Beaumont Enterprise, February 27, 1999
Whale Gave Port Arthur's Economy Boom in Early 1900s, Beaumont Enterprise, March 6, 1999
Beaumont Had Two Pioneers Who Aged Well, Beaumont Enterprise, March 13, 1999
1866 Trip Through Parish Described by Texas Paper, The Cameron Parish Pilot, March 18, 1999

Hurricanes Decimated Nederland 'City Tree', Beaumont Enterprise, March 20, 1999
Wild Family Made News Back in 1880s, Beaumont Enterprise, March 27, 1999
Priest Made Texas History in Late 1800s, Beaumont Enterprise, April 3, 1999
Texan Couldn't Give Answers to Anguished Nisei, Beaumont Enterprise, April 10, 1999
Bayou Named After Wealthy Cattle Baron in East Texas, Beaumont Enterprise, April 17, 1999
Tram Roads Paved Way in Old Days of Logging, Beaumont Enterprise, April 24, 1999

Box 2 FF 2

Area
's Greatest Archeological Site Was Ruined, Beaumont Enterprise, May 1, 1999

Pre-boom Spindletop Gave Hints of Its Riches, Beaumont Enterprise, May 8, 1999
Treasure Tale Keyed Digging in East Texas Piney Woods, Beaumont Enterprise, May 15, 1999
Pirate Lafitte, Bowie Dealt in Slave Trade via SE Texas, Beaumont Enterprise, May 22, 1999
Rice Farming Started Slow, But Boomed in SE Texas, Beaumont Enterprise, May 29, 1999
Forest Reclaims Once-Thriving Sawmill Town of Early 1900s, Beaumont Enterprise, June 12, 1999
Mud, Cow Led to Sale of Refinery Acreage, Beaumont Enterprise, June 19, 1999
Lucas Gusher Fever Affected so Many Folks, Far and Wide, Beaumont Enterprise, June 26, 1999
Change Came to Port Neches via Relocation of Post Office, Beaumont Enterprise, July 3, 1999
Big Cat Stories in East Texas Are Numerous But Lack Proof, Beaumont Enterprise, July 10, 1999
Strong Spell Swam River Ferrying Lead Steer of Herd, Beaumont Enterprise, July 17, 1999
Sweeney's Were Among First Settlers of Grand Chenier, The Cameron Parish Pilot, July 22, 1999
U. S., Republic of Texas Once Nearly Clashed Because of Fees, Beaumont Enterprise, July 24, 1999
Fate Intervened in Confederate Hero's Search for Black Gold, Beaumont Enterprise, July 31, 1999
Remember 'Radford Berry', The Cameron Parish Pilot, August 5, 1999
Yellow Fever Plagued Area During 1860s, Beaumont Enterprise, August 7, 1999
Schools in Beaumont Trace to Pre-Civil War, Beaumont Enterprise, August 8, 1999
Area Resident Rallied Behind Union Cause, Beaumont Enterprise, August 14, 1999
Sawmill Town Bessmay Gave Its Life to Fire, Beaumont Enterprise, August 21, 1999
Pioneer Music in Beaumont Contained Lots of Brass Horns, Beaumont Enterprise, August 28, 1999
Blockade Runs at Sabine Pass Commonplace in Civil War, Beaumont Enterprise, September 4, 1999
Ten Bucks for Suggestion Doesn
't Exactly ZIP Along, Beaumont Enterprise, September 5, 1999

My Dad and I Once Got Struck in Suckersville, Beaumont Enterprise, September 11, 1999
Temple Made Mark On Lumber Industry, Beaumont Enterprise, September 15, 1999
Lafitte's Men Captured Our Imagination for Many Years, Beaumont Enterprise, September 18, 1999
Former Slave's Death in 1889 Attracted Rare News Coverage, Beaumont Enterprise, September 25, 1999
Shooting Death of Lumberman Still a Mystery, Beaumont Enterprise, October 2, 1999
Two Area Cities in Late 1800s Fought Major Fires Together, Beaumont Enterprise, October 9, 1999
Why Don't We Commemorate Brave Masses of Immigrants?  Beaumont Enterprise, October 16, 1999
Frederick G. Schmidt Was Early Johnson B. Settler, The Cameron Parish Pilot, October 21, 1999
Second Dutch Colony Thrived in Area Before Hit by a Disaster, Beaumont Enterprise, October 23, 1999
Area Civil War Period Marked by Hard Times, Beaumont Enterprise, October 30, 1999
Area's History of Bootlegging Soared During Prohibition, Beaumont Enterprise, November 6, 1999
A Soldier's Story, Beaumont Enterprise, November 7, 1999
There's a Story on Lone Grave Near Texas 347, Beaumont Enterprise, November 13, 1999
Stagecoach Travel Once Big in Area, Beaumont Enterprise, November 20, 1999
Rainbow Bridge 1938 Opening Brought an End to Area Ferries, Beaumont Enterprise, November 27, 1999
Frontier Justice Lasted in Orange Until 1892, Beaumont Enterprise, November 28, 1999
Turpentiners Worked Hard for Product, Beaumont Enterprise, December 4, 1999
Veteran Recalls 'Longest Mile' Across Famous Rhine Bridge, Beaumont Enterprise, December 8, 1999
Several Early Area Townsites Died From Lack of Selling Lots, Beaumont Enterprise, December 11, 1999
Rich Muskrat Trapper Sure Had Priorities in Right Order, Beaumont Enterprise, December 18, 1999
Woodworking Industries Key 1880s Growth for Beaumont, Beaumont Enterprise, January 1, 2000
Oil Industry in East Texas Traces Roots Back to 1860s, Beaumont Enterprise, January 8, 2000
 

Box 2 FF 3

Few Believed in Higgins
' Spindle Top Aspirations, Beaumont Enterprise, January 10, 2000

Grave Gives Big Secret Up During Move by Merchant, Beaumont Enterprise, January 15, 2000
State Border Relocated East During Survey, Beaumont Enterprise, January 22, 2000
Sawmill Town Aldridge Had Sad History, Beaumont Enterprise, January 29, 2000

Water Mills Benefited Life for East Texas Pioneer Folks, Beaumont Enterprise, February 5, 2000
Medieval Times Weapon Served Silent Purpose in World War II, Beaumont Enterprise, February 9, 2000
Mill Manager Paid Big Price by Dismissing 'Untouchable', Beaumont Enterprise, February 10, 2000
River Baptizin' of Bootlegger Sent Message on Judgment, Beaumont Enterprise, February 16, 2000
Two Residents of Region Once Shared Union in Pirate Life, Beaumont Enterprise, February 19, 2000
Cameron Could Have Been R.R. Terminus, The Cameron Parish Pilot, February 24, 2000
Area Logging Thrived From Years of Using River Transport, Beaumont Enterprise, February 26, 2000
World War II Souvenir Hunt Provides Some Key Information, Beaumont Enterprise, March 1, 2000
Logging Towns in East Texas Thrived Before Turning Ghost, Beaumont Enterprise, March 4, 2000
Some Stories About Pioneer Medicine Men Have Been Lost, Beaumont Enterprise, March 11, 2000
Eye of the Tiger in Sour Lake Had Cataract on Demon Rum, Beaumont Enterprise, March 18, 2000
Cow Peaceful Reminder During Ravages of War, Beaumont Enterprise, March 19, 2000
Memory Stirs World War II North Atlantic Transport Saga, Beaumont Enterprise, March 22, 2000
Unionization Problems Hit Many Sawmills in Early 1900s, Beaumont Enterprise, March 25, 2000
Hard Times Turn Tables on Taunting, Beaumont Enterprise, March 29, 2000
Sawmill Ties Linked Area's Ghost Towns, Beaumont Enterprise, April 1, 2000
Steamer Bell Kept Chugging After Demise, Beaumont Enterprise, April 8, 2000
Lumber Town Colmesneil True Survivor, Beaumont Enterprise, April 15, 2000
Executions in Beaumont More Than Being Just Crime Stoppers, Beaumont Enterprise, April 19, 2000
Indians Led the Way in Storm Survival, Beaumont Enterprise, April 22, 2000
Our Area Once Was Big On Figs When Rice Went South in 1920s, Beaumont Enterprise, April 29, 2000
Jayhawkers Were Problem During Civil War, The Cameron Parish Pilot, May 4, 2000
Pioneer Area Radio Listeners Tuned KFDM as Their Choice, Beaumont Enterprise, May 6, 2000
Blimps Served Great Defense Role During World War II, Beaumont Enterprise, May 10, 2000
Asphalt Plant Had Long Reign in Port Neches, Beaumont Enterprise, May 13, 2000
Wrong Trade of Scrap Iron Costly to U.S., Beaumont Enterprise, May 17, 2000
Netherlands Visitor True Nederland Ambassador, Beaumont Enterprise, May 20, 2000
Union Officer Immortalized by WWII Ship, Beaumont Enterprise, May 24, 2000
Buna Once Had College Giving True
'Pointers', Beaumont Enterprise, May 27, 2000

Ingenious Plan in Hard Times Produced Food for Area Folks, Beaumont Enterprise, May 31, 2000
Beaumont Was Once Rice Bowl, Beaumont Enterprise, June 3, 2000
Strip of Sand Plays Big Part in Area History, Beaumont Enterprise, June 10, 2000
'Tree Army' Reforested Lands in 1930s, Beaumont Enterprise, June 11, 2000
Sawmill in Sabine Pass Changed Owners Often, Beaumont Enterprise, June 17, 2000
Nation Owes World War II Veterans Action on Memorial, Beaumont Enterprise, June 21, 2000
Circuit-riding Preachers Once Risked Life, Limb to Huge Gators, Beaumont Enterprise, June 24, 2000
Boys, Old Men Were German Army Near End of World War II, Beaumont Enterprise, June 28, 2000
Block Recalls Visit to Cameron 71 Years Ago, The Cameron Parish Pilot, June 29, 2000
Mail by Horse in Beaumont Started Before Pony Express, Beaumont Enterprise, July 1, 2000
In Late 1800s, July Fourth Faced Enmities Left Over From Civil War, Beaumont Enterprise, July 2, 2000
Gold Hoard Supposedly Undiscovered, Beaumont Enterprise, July 8, 2000
Wartime Stay With Enemy Is Memorable, Beaumont Enterprise, July 12, 2000
Johnson Bayou's Comings and Goings Years Ago, The Cameron Parish Pilot, July 13, 2000
Local Patriot's Unlucky Draw of Black Bean Costs His Life, Beaumont Enterprise, July 15, 2000
History of Beaumont Closely Tied to the Sea, Beaumont Enterprise, July 19, 2000
Buried Treasure Still Can Fire Imagination, The Cameron Parish Pilot, July 20, 2000
 

Box 2 FF 4

History of Escape Artist Eludes Us, Beaumont Enterprise, July 22, 2000

World War II Cut Sawmills in Beaumont, Beaumont Enterprise, July 26, 2000
Cotton Never Ruled As King in Our Region, Beaumont Enterprise, July 29, 2000
Merchant's Innovation Beat Depression Hunger, Beaumont Enterprise, August 2, 2000
Beaumont's 'Rapid' Transit Once At a Trot, Beaumont Enterprise, August 5, 2000
Civil War Still Divisive Issue Among Texans, Beaumont Enterprise, August 9, 2000
'Leather Britches' Story is Retold, The Cameron Parish Pilot, August 10, 2000
Great Warship Drew Crowds in 1932 Visit, Beaumont Enterprise, August 12, 2000
Newton County, Beaumont Enterprise, August 13, 2000
Military Life in Training Spurs Vivid Memories, Beaumont Enterprise, August 16, 2000
Ned Harvey Trial Is Recalled, The Cameron Parish Pilot, August 17, 2000
Marsh Ridge Has Prominent Role in History, Beaumont Enterprise, August 19, 2000
Dutch Heroes Truly Resisted Nazi Tyranny, Beaumont Enterprise, August 23, 2000
Secret on the Mermentau, The Cameron Parish Pilot, August 24, 2000
Sabine River Steamboats Often Found Watery Grave, Beaumont Enterprise, August 26, 2000
Old Mill Site Was Vital Part of Community, Beaumont Enterprise, September 2, 2000
Harmon Family Dominated Lost Art of Saddle-making, Beaumont Enterprise, September 3, 2000
Other Gulf War Claimed Many From SE Texas, Beaumont Enterprise, September 6, 2000
Monkey Island Has Its Own Ghost Tale, The Cameron Parish Pilot, September 7, 2000
Spindletop's Past Gives Up Some Ghosts, Beaumont Enterprise, September 9, 2000
Disappearing Sulphur Ship Still Haunts, Beaumont Enterprise, September 13, 2000
Pioneer Quest for Gold Leads to Daughter's Different Mine, Beaumont Enterprise, September 16, 2000
Nederland Submariner's Recollections Still Stirring, Beaumont Enterprise, September 20, 2000
The Johnson Bayou Alligator Boom Recalled by W.T. Block, The Cameron Parish Pilot, September 21, 2000
Brit Slave Ship Once Anchored at Sabine Pass, Beaumont Enterprise, September 23, 2000
Ever-smaller Veteran Ranks Join to Recall Fallen Buddies, Beaumont Enterprise, September 27, 2000
Neches River Has Dominant Historic Impact, Beaumont Enterprise, September 30, 2000
'Bobbing Shop' Addition Didn't Split Family Hair, Beaumont Enterprise, October 4, 2000
Lovell's Lake Has Its Origins in Rice Farming, Beaumont Enterprise, October 7, 2000
Ghost of Rebel Soldier Searches Marsh for Foot, MidCounty Chronicle, October 9, 2000
Ship Sinking News Shroud Hurt Families, Beaumont Enterprise, October 11, 2000
Forget Davy, Uncle Bud Ruled Bears, Beaumont Enterprise, October 14, 2000
Headless Yankee Haunts Sabine Pass, MidCounty Chronicle, October 15, 2000
World War II Had Significant Tragedies at Sea, Beaumont Enterprise, October 18, 2000
Old Weiss Register Has Rich History, Beaumont Enterprise, October 21, 2000
Dead Robbers Haunt Old East Texas House, MidCounty Chronicle, October 22, 2000
Legends And:  Take a Ride on the Olive Ghost Train, Silsbee Bee, October 25, 2000
Numerous Ghost Ships Were More Than Legend, Beaumont Enterprise, October 25, 2000
Kountze Was Once Ready for 'Teddy', Beaumont Enterprise, October 28, 2000
Government Mum About Ship Sinking, Beaumont Enterprise, November 1, 2000
Lighthouse Was Scene of Civil War Battle, Cameron Parish Pilot, November 2, 2000
Port Arthur Mayor Made Historical Find, Beaumont Enterprise, November 4, 2000
Many Ships Leave Legacy That Mystify, Beaumont Enterprise, November 8, 2000
Pioneer Area Radio Listeners Tuned KFDM as Their Choice, Exxon Mobil Express News, November 8, 2000
Sailing Man Found Home in Nederland, Beaumont Enterprise, November 11, 2000
Bootlegging Was Once Big Industry Here, Beaumont Enterprise, November 15, 2000
Legend of the Headless Yankee Cannoneer, Cameron Parish Pilot, November 16, 2000
Old Rail Line Has Storied Area History, Beaumont Enterprise, November 18, 2000
Big Thicket Gent Lived Up to Nickname, Beaumont Enterprise, November 22, 2000
 

Box 3 FF 1

Port Neches Man Example of True Hero, Beaumont Enterprise, November 25, 2000

Women Owe Debt to Work Emancipators, Beaumont Enterprise, November 29, 2000
Do You Remember Toots Lute, Cameron Parish's Clay Artist? Cameron Parish Pilot, November 30, 2000
Two Teachers Share History in Encounter, Beaumont Enterprise, December 2, 2000
Pearl Harbor Veteran Saw Destroyer Duty, Beaumont Enterprise, December 7, 2000
Batson Once Had Heyday Off Oil Boom, Beaumont Enterprise, December 9, 2000
Beaumont Firefighting History Long, Beaumont Enterprise, December 13, 2000
Some Still Recall Days of Streetcars, Beaumont Enterprise, December 16, 2000
Powerful Local Radio Had Appeal, Beaumont Enterprise, December 20, 2000
Sulphur Mines Were Big Operation in '20s, Cameron Parish Pilot, December 21, 2000
Log Treasure Once Existed in Our Region, Beaumont Enterprise, December 23, 2000
Nathan Department Store Was 'Heaven on Earth', Beaumont Enterprise, December 24, 2000
Veteran Had No Time at All for Sightseeing, Beaumont Enterprise, December 27, 2000
Canal Didn't Hinder Area's Cattle Barons, Beaumont Enterprise, December 30, 2000
Port Neches Grad Couldn't Wait to Serve, Beaumont Enterprise, January 3, 2001
Spindletop's Dreamer Felt Critic's Barbs, Beaumont Enterprise, January 6, 2001
Getting on Top of Spindle Mystery, Beaumont Enterprise, January 7, 2001
Not Everyone Was Happy, Beaumont Enterprise, January 7, 2001
Oil Genius Didn't Share Others'