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W. T. Block, Jr. Papers |
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1998-2005
5.08 linear feet
Collection Number 191
Prepared by Kathie
Bordelon
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 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. (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' Fame, Beaumont Enterprise, January 8, 2001 Spindletop Also Brought Crime Wave, Beaumont Enterprise, January 9, 2001 Spindletop Second Boom Came in 1925, Beaumont Enterprise, January 10, 2001 Lesson From Parish Indians, Cameron Parish Pilot, January 11, 2001 Earthen Tank Once Led Way in Oil Storage, Beaumont Enterprise, January 13, 2001 Local Vet Had Many Missions Over Europe, Beaumont Enterprise, January 17, 2001 Shipwreck Named 2nd Sabine Fort, Beaumont Enterprise, January 20, 2001 Five Brothers Started City's Movie Houses, Beaumont Enterprise, January 24, 2001 Reluctant Bull Causes Refund for Jasper Fight, Beaumont Enterprise, January 27, 2001 Gas Burning Experiment Fueled Blast, Beaumont Enterprise, January 31, 2001 Magnolia Cemetery Historic Site, Beaumont Enterprise, February 3, 2001 Port Neches Graves: The Ghost of the Bride, MidCounty Chronicle, February 4, 2001 Baseball's Roots Run Deep Here, Beaumont Enterprise, February 7, 2001 Big Thicket Bear Hunting Tales Prolific, Beaumont Enterprise, February 10, 2001 Wishing 'Happy Memories' to Poet Laureate of Texas, Beaumont Enterprise, February 14, 2001 Cameron Parish Once Had Big Orange Groves, Cameron Parish Pilot, February 15, 2001 Myer Cuts to the Heart of Juneteenth, Beaumont Enterprise, February 17, 2001 Newton Area Former Slave History Source, Beaumont Enterprise, February 21, 2001 Region's Klan Influence Fell in Late 1920s, Beaumont Enterprise, February 24, 2001 Indian Burial Sites Once Got Little Respect, Beaumont Enterprise, February 28, 2001 Last Voyage of the Two Sisters, Cameron Parish Pilot, March 1, 2001 Spindletop Figure Once Owned Two Brickyards, Beaumont Enterprise, March 3, 2001 Longhorns' Removal Left Lasting Void, Beaumont Enterprise, March 7, 2001 Bootlegging Once Thrived in Our Region, Beaumont Enterprise, March 10, 2001 Festivals Are Part of Local Heritage, MidCounty Chronicle, March 11, 2001 High Island Expert Lived to Age of 107, Beaumont Enterprise, March 14, 2001 Nederland Has History of Festivals, MidCounty Chronicle, March 14, 2001 Pioneer Cemeteries Are Lost, MidCounty Chronicle, March 18, 2001 Naval Hero From Region Overlooked, Beaumont Enterprise, March 21, 2001 Two Cameron Pioneers Recalled by Mr. Block, Cameron Parish Pilot, March 22, 2001 Sabinetown Once Thrived as Port City, Beaumont Enterprise, March 24, 2001 Loss of Chinaberries 'Ammo' Supply for Students, MidCounty Chronicle, March 25, 2001 Box 3 FF 2 Older Widows in 1927 Saw Much History, Beaumont Enterprise, March 28, 2001 Entrepreneur Weller Made Early Mark, Beaumont Enterprise, March 31, 2001 Hollanders Arrive, No Data Horsepower Once Meant Exactly That, Beaumont Enterprise, April 4, 2001 Tale of Danger From My Youth Surfaces Again, Beaumont Enterprise, April 7, 2001 Beaumont Once Offered Great Debates, Beaumont Enterprise, April 11, 2001 History Panel, Education Reap Skills of Hines, Beaumont Enterprise, April 14, 2001 Courthouse Bid Originates Via Wrangling, Beaumont Enterprise, April 18, 2001 Bootlegger Went Into River as Preacher Took Away Sins, MidCounty Chronicle, April 18, 2001 Area Played Major Role Freeing Texas, Beaumont Enterprise, April 21, 2001 Cemetery's Gate Swings History Open, Beaumont Enterprise, April 25, 2001 Creosoting No Longer Wafts Here, Beaumont Enterprise, April 28, 2001 Texas Fought Bovine Malady Back in 1936, Beaumont Enterprise, May 2, 2001 Historical Preservation Rates Kudos, Beaumont Enterprise, May 5, 2001 Port Arthur '30 Teen Fad Hit Heights, Beaumont Enterprise, May 9, 2001 Birds Provide Interesting Shows, MidCounty Chronicle, May 9, 2001 A Calcasieu Parish Tragedy, DeQuincy News, May 9, 2001 An Earl Well Would Elevate Texaco Status, Beaumont Enterprise, May 12, 2001 Priest Left Impact on Area, MidCounty Chronicle, May 13, 2001 Rest Home Resident Waits for Visitors, Beaumont Enterprise, May 13, 2001 Mexican Fort Sparks Many Treasure Tales, Beaumont Enterprise, May 16, 2001 U.S. Merchant Sailors Deserve Heroic Status, Beaumont Enterprise, May 19, 2001 Dutch Farmed in Winnie Before Hurricane Came, MidCounty Chronicle, May 20, 2001 Area Has Its Own Version of Long Feud, Beaumont Enterprise, May 23, 2001 Early Saloons Brought Shoot-outs to Town, MidCounty Chronicle, May 23, 2001 Basepaths Also Connect to County Government, Beaumont Enterprise, May 26, 2001 Nederland Resident Sees Lots of Duty With Infantry, Beaumont Enterprise, May 30, 2001 Treasure Tales Are Prevalent in Our Region, Beaumont Enterprise, June 2, 2001 Inn Known as 'Death Camp' in 1800s, Beaumont Enterprise, June 3, 2001 Miss Mollie Waits for Visit, MidCounty Chronicle, June 3, 2001 Port Arthur Resident Saw Longest Day, Beaumont Enterprise, June 6, 2001 Gator Hunt for 'Blinky' Makes News, Beaumont Enterprise, June 9, 2001 Underground Railroad Freed Many Slaves, Beaumont Enterprise, June 13, 2001 Tales Feature East Texas Lawlessness, Beaumont Enterprise, June 16, 2001 Last of Galveston Pirates Left Mystery of Doubloons, MidCounty Chronicle, June 20, 2001 Iwo Horrors Remain Vivid for Marines, Beaumont Enterprise, June 20, 2001 Flood of 1929 Makes Slithery Creatures Visit, Beaumont Enterprise, June 23, 2001 Box Factory's Products Help Food Market, Beaumont Enterprise, June 27, 2001 Veteran North Fought Heavy Europe Action, Beaumont Enterprise, June 30, 2001 Army Nurse Earns Right to be Saluted, Beaumont Enterprise, July 4, 2001 Milvid Mill Experiences Boom, Bust, Beaumont Enterprise, July 7, 2001 Texas Owes Debt to Early City Resident, Beaumont Enterprise, July 11, 2001 Freedmen's Bureau Didn't Last Long Here, Beaumont Enterprise, July 14, 2001 West Africa Slave Trade's Impact Wide, Beaumont Enterprise, July 18, 2001 Cookes Left Legacy, MidCounty Chronicle, July 18, 2001 Nation Was Wild About Our Harry, Beaumont Enterprise, July 21, 2001 Execution Didn't Stem Desertion Tide, Beaumont Enterprise, July 25, 2001 Koelemays Left Imprint on Nederland, MidCounty Chronicle, July 25, 2001 Pilot's Error Retains Fame After 63 Years, Beaumont Enterprise, July 28, 2001 Port Neches, Texas and Civil War, MidCounty Chronicle, August 1, 2001 Ship of Desert Ran Aground on Tender Feet, Beaumont Enterprise, August 4, 2001 Horse-racing Aficionados Had Their Day, Beaumont Enterprise, August 8, 2001 Tulips Amid the Bluebonnets, Part I, MidCounty Chronicle, August 8, 2001 Storm Victims Obtain Finery in Relief Drive, Beaumont Enterprise, August 11, 2001 Blacksmith Turns Shop Into Chapel, Beaumont Enterprise, August 15, 2001 Tulips Amid the Bluebonnets, Part II, MidCounty Chronicle, August 15, 2001 Nick DeYoung Is 'Father' of East Texas Fig Industry, Beaumont Enterprise, August 18, 2001 Students Grow From Dozens to Thousands, Beaumont Enterprise, August 19, 2001 Rice Crops Brought Dutch Prosperity, MidCounty Chronicle, August 22, 2001 Women Vets Also Deserve Recognition, Beaumont Enterprise, August 22, 2001 Baths During Wartime Few, Far Between, Beaumont Enterprise, August 25, 2001 Fire 'Truck' 1901 Wreck Creates Stir, Beaumont Enterprise, August 29, 2001 Tulip Transplants, Part A, MidCounty Chronicle, August 29, 2001 Box 3 FF 3 Patriotism Is Abundant in Spurger, Beaumont Enterprise, September 1, 2001 James Panel Took Big Bite Out of Crime, Beaumont Enterprise, September 5, 2001 Tulip Transplants, Part B, MidCounty Chronicle, September 5, 2001 Pappy Plays His Music Into Governor's Job, Beaumont Enterprise, September 8, 2001 Dutch Immigrants Found Work Easily in New Land, Tulip Transplants Part C, MidCounty Chronicle, September 9, 2001 Carla Threat Moved Mass of Humanity, Beaumont Enterprise, September 12, 2001 Doodlebug's Run Made Use of Train Ferry, Beaumont Enterprise, September 15, 2001 Chemist Became Port Neches Leader, MidCounty Chronicle, September 16, 2001 A Real Louse Gets Under Soldier's Skin, Beaumont Enterprise, September 19, 2001 Local Dutch Celebrated, MidCounty Chronicle, September 19, 2001 Area First Saw Football Game Century Ago, Beaumont Enterprise, September 22, 2001 Pioneer Woman Served Port Neches, MidCounty Chronicle, September 23, 2001 Samaritan Act Helped Change Hateful Attitude, Beaumont Enterprise, September 26, 2001 Early Nederland Settlers Farmed Rice, MidCounty Chronicle, September 26, 2001 Names in Area of Post Offices Changed Often, Beaumont Enterprise, September 29, 2001 Nederland Prospered With Rice in 1903, MidCounty Chronicle, October 3, 2001 My Mission Is Set for Next Veterans Day, Beaumont Enterprise, October 3, 2001 Rabbi Gave Much Back to Residents, Beaumont Enterprise, October 6, 2001 Hannah DeBlance One of the County's First Frontier Heroes, Beaumont Enterprise, October 10, 2001 Hero of Calcasieu Pass Battle to be Honored With a Marker, Cameron Parish Pilot, October 11, 2001 "Tex" Ritter's Roots Are Deep in Nederland, Beaumont Enterprise, October 13, 2001 Area Has Rich Medical History, MidCounty Chronicle, October 14, 2001 Navy Vet Pellerin Serves Two Ships Sunk by Japanese, Beaumont Enterprise, March 12, 2003 Elings Family Earliest Hosts of Orange Hotel, MidCounty Chronicle, April 30, 2003 The Jean Lafitte Legend in Cameron & Calcasieu, Cameron Parish Pilot, May 1, 2003 Neches Flood of 1929 Moved Serpent Masses, Beaumont Enterprise, July 12, 2003 Jasper's History Precedes Texas War for Freedom, Beaumont Enterprise, August 16, 2003 Oil Tanks Built in 1901, MidCounty Chronicle, August 20, 2003 Train Service to Galveston Once Thrived, Beaumont Enterprise, August 20, 2003 Hon. Samuel Henry- Father, Cameron Parish Pilot, August 21, 2003 Kiker Saw Lots of Action With 12th Armored, Beaumont Enterprise, August 23, 2003 Port Neches Played Role in Civil War, MidCounty Chronicle, August 27, 2003 DeQuincy Was Once the Turpentine Capital of LA., DeQuincy News, August 27, 2003 Mid-County Vet Served in Pacific Aboard Cruiser, Beaumont Enterprise, August 27, 2003 Steamboat Period Had Allure, Beaumont Enterprise, August 30, 2003 Newton Resident Saw Major Action in World War II, Beaumont Enterprise, September 3, 2003 America Needs World War II Monument, MidCounty Chronicle, September 3, 2003 The Hon. Samuel P. Henry- Father of Cameron Parish, Cameron Parish Pilot, September 4, 2003 Uncle Louis Was Indicative of True East Texas Pioneer, Beaumont Enterprise, September 6, 2003 Rice Still Dominates Agriculture, MidCounty Chronicle, September 10, 2003 Dr. Veatch's 1830s Land Later Yielded Great Riches, Beaumont Enterprise, September 10, 2003 Corn Flakes and Cow's Milk During the Battle of Bulge, Cameron Parish Pilot, September 11, 2003 Folks and Memories, Cameron Parish Pilot, September 11, 2003 Area's Rice Turns Into Economic Gravy Train, Beaumont Enterprise, September 13, 2003 Merchant Mariners Reviled No More, MidCounty Chronicle, September 17, 2003 Columnist 'Spindletop' Entertained Loyal Readers, Beaumont Enterprise, September 17, 2003 Calcasieu Pass Battle Recalled, Cameron Parish Pilot, September 18, 2003 Yellow Fever Infestations Across Nation Were Deadly, Beaumont Enterprise, September 20, 2003 Libel Back in 1800s at Times Led to Violent Confrontation, Beaumont Enterprise, September 24, 2003 Breakfast Sworn to Secrecy, MidCounty Chronicle, September 24, 2003 Early Riverboats of Southwest Louisiana, Cameron Parish Pilot, September 25, 2003 Box 3 FF 4 Mid-County Park Plays Big Historical Role, Beaumont Enterprise, September 27, 2003 DeQuincy's Name Traced Back to Royalty, DeQuincy News, October 1, 2003 DeQuincy's Namesake Told, DeQuincy Centennial Special Edition, October 1, 2003 Passengers Once Left Beaumont on Trains Headed in All Directions, Beaumont Enterprise, October 1, 2003 "He's a She!" Women in Active Duty During War, Cameron Parish Pilot, October 2, 2003 Early Riverboats of Southwest Louisiana, Cameron Parish Pilot, October 2, 2003 Spanish Priest With Irish Roots Risked His Neck for Early Texans, Beaumont Enterprise, October 4, 2003 Orange Park Honors Texas Freedom Fighter, Beaumont Enterprise, October 8, 2003 Dutch Roots Are Firmly Planted in South Africa, Beaumont Enterprise, October 11, 2003 Modern-day Good Samaritans, MidCounty Chronicle, October 15, 2003 Wendish Have Lasting Influence on Texas Culture, Beaumont Enterprise, October 15, 2003 Sawmill Town Now Only Few Old Foundations, Beaumont Enterprise, November 22, 2003 Love Story Played Out on Oil Tanker and Lifeboat, MidCounty Chronicle, November 26, 2003 Civil War Vet Tried Beef, Fish Markets Here, Beaumont Enterprise, November 26, 2003 Frederick Schmidt Was Pioneer Settler of Johnson Bayou Area, Cameron Parish Pilot, November 27, 2003 Seale Family Has Illustrious Link to Region, Beaumont Enterprise, November 29, 2003 Streetman Memoirs Reveal Nederland History, MidCounty Chronicle, December 3, 2003 Beaumont Man Reached Heights in Oil Industry, Beaumont Enterprise, December 3, 2003 Orange Began as Settlement of Green's Bluff, Beaumont Enterprise, December 6, 2003 Deceased Man Brought Jasper Economic Boost, Beaumont Enterprise, December 10, 2003 Streetman Memoirs Reveal Nederland History, MidCounty Chronicle, December 10, 2003 Circuit-riding Preacher Spread Methodist Faith, Beaumont Enterprise, December 13, 2003 Crosby House Thrived During Oil Boom Here, Beaumont Enterprise, January 3, 2004 Those Big Thicket Hunters Dream of a Bear Kill, MidCounty Chronicle, January 7, 2004 Gulf of Mexico Is Watery Grave for One U-boat Near Mississippi, Beaumont Enterprise, January 7, 2004 Garner Family Had Major Role in Texas History, Beaumont Enterprise, January 10, 2004 Historic Heroes' Gravesites Are at Sabine Pass, Beaumont Enterprise, January 14, 2004 Bovine Tick Fever and the 1936 Dipping Vats, MidCounty Chronicle, January 14, 2004 Renown Poet Died Gallantly in World War I, Beaumont Enterprise, January 17, 2004 York Captured Big League Fame After Time Here, Beaumont Enterprise, January 21, 2004 Port Neches KKK Voted Itself Out of Existence, MidCounty Chronicle, January 21, 2004 Rebel General From France Was Nicknamed 'Prince Polecat', Beaumont Enterprise, January 24, 2004 "Uncle Tom" Seamens Known As Storyteller of Village, MidCounty Chronicle, January 28, 2004 Sabine Pass Fort Namesake Cause of Ambivalence, Beaumont Enterprise, January 28, 2004 Pioneer Texas Cattleman Used Opelousas Trail, Beaumont Enterprise, January 31, 2004 Naval Officer Met His Match at Sabine Pass, Beaumont Enterprise, February 4, 2004 "One Rat Hide Per Acre," DeQuincy News, February 4, 2004 Joe McKinley Among Few Pearl Harbor Survivors, MidCounty Chronicle, February 4, 2004 Cattle Kingdom of McFaddins Has Long History, Beaumont Enterprise, February 7, 2004 Van Oostrom One of Four Airmen in Prison Camps, MidCounty Chronicle, February 11, 2004 Barbed Wire Rapidly Altered Western Lands, Beaumont Enterprise, February 11, 2004 Texas Folklore's Sally Scull Had Bad Reputation, Beaumont Enterprise, February 14, 2004 Winters Memoirs Tell of Early Times in Nederland, MidCounty Chronicle, February 18, 2004 Texas Pioneer Gained Stature in Two Fields, Beaumont Enterprise, February 18, 2004 Folks and Memories, Cameron Parish Pilot, February 19, 2004 Salem Townsite Once Produced Lumber Boom, Beaumont Enterprise, February 21, 2004 Winters Memoirs Tell of Early Times in Nederland, MidCounty Chronicle, February 25, 2004 Folks and Memories, Cameron Parish Pilot, February 26, 2004 Blockade Runners Were Heroes During Civil War Times, Beaumont Enterprise, March 3, 2004 Box 4 FF 1 Air Force Suffered Many Crashes in Early Years, MidCounty Chronicle, March 3, 2004 'Didja Knows' About Early Jefferson County, MidCounty Chronicle, March 31, 2004 DeQuincy's Name Traced Back to British Royalty, DeQuincy News, April 7, 2004 Jean Harlow: America's First 'Blonde Bombshell', MidCounty Chronicle, April 14, 2004 Doughboys Had Luxury Dogfaces Would Worship, Beaumont Enterprise, April 14, 2004 Woman's Touch Helped Operate World War II Area Industries, Beaumont Enterprise, April 17, 2004 Area Pioneer Helped Texas Win Freedom, Beaumont Enterprise, April 21, 2004 Veatch Known As Colorful Country Editor, MidCounty Chronicle, April 21, 2004 Texas Sawmills Once Rolled Out Barrel Industry, Beaumont Enterprise, April 24, 2004 Ancient Iraq Was Once "Cradle of Civilization," MidCounty Chronicle, April 28, 2004 Two Steamboats in Regional Trade Had Texas Roots, Beaumont Enterprise, April 28, 2004 Area Rivers Hold Wood Ship Waste of World War I, Beaumont Enterprise, May 1, 2004 Parish May Have Two Treasures, MidCounty Chronicle, May 5, 2004 Beaumont's Pioneer Boys of Summer Spark Interest, Beaumont Enterprise, May 5, 2004 Iron Processing Early on Was Set for Area Oil Boom, Beaumont Enterprise, May 8, 2004 Footprints of Woman Felt in Cultural World, Beaumont Enterprise, May 12, 2004 Corn Flakes and Cow's Milk Help During the Bulge Battle, MidCounty Chronicle, May 12, 2004 My Back Yard Friends Wing It As Entertainers, Beaumont Enterprise, May 15, 2004 Father and Son Fight to the End in Civil War, MidCounty Chronicle, May 19, 2004 Few "Old West" Gunmen Avoided Violent Demise, Beaumont Enterprise, May 19, 2004 Tejanos Played Important Roles in Freeing Texas, Beaumont Enterprise, May 22, 2004 Early Beaumont Attorney Served in Mexican War, Beaumont Enterprise, May 26, 2004 Feathered 'Sweatshop' Draws No Pay, MidCounty Chronicle, May 26, 2004 Key's Anthem Incomparable on Patriotism, Beaumont Enterprise, May 29, 2004 Radford Berry Was a Man, a Village and a Little Part of History, Beaumont Enterprise, July 3, 2004 Social Events Vastly Change Since 1890s, Beaumont Enterprise, July 7, 2004 Two Locals Lived in Three Centuries, MidCounty Chronicle, July 7, 2004 Hunters Comb Area for Pirate's Money, MidCounty Chronicle, August 11, 2004 Rivalry Between Men Proves Deadly, MidCounty Chronicle, August 18, 2004 Jasper Figures in Much Early Texas History, Beaumont Enterprise, August 18, 2004 Folks and Memories: Carson- Ghost Town, DeQuincy News, August 18, 2004 Relatives Retell Civil War Story About Execution, Beaumont Enterprise, August 21, 2004 Pirate Murrell's Thieving Ways Took Place Both on Land, Water, Beaumont Enterprise, August 25, 2004 Survival of Ship Becomes Known As Miracle, MidCounty Chronicle, August 25, 2004 Some Catholics in Mid-County Rode in Wagons to Attend Mass, Beaumont Enterprise, September 25, 2004 Local Women "Kept War Machines Rolling," MidCounty Chronicle, October 6, 2004 Box 4 FF 2 Rail Trade Killed Once-Busy Port on Trinity River, Beaumont Enterprise, October 6, 2004 Disaster Visited City of Indianola Numerous Times, Beaumont Enterprise, October 9, 2004 Oil Exploration in Texas Dates to Mid-1860's, Beaumont Enterprise, October 13, 2004 Ghost Train Appeared, MidCounty Chronicle, October 13, 2004 First Native-born Texas Governor Had Local Oil Ties, Beaumont Enterprise, October 16, 2004 Jefferson Rose and Fell With Red River Level, Beaumont Enterprise, October 20, 2004 Shooting Death of Lumberman Still a Mystery, MidCounty Chronicle, October 20, 2004 Money Hunting Machine Fathered Military Mine Detector, MidCounty Chronicle, October 27, 2004 Many Sawmill Towns Died Out in East Texas, Beaumont Enterprise, October 27, 2004 Largest Sawmill in Texas Once Had Unusual Site, Beaumont Enterprise, October 30, 2004 First Iron-smelting Attempt in Texas Ended in Ashes, Beaumont Enterprise, November 3, 2004 Water Mills in Newton County Date to 1819, MidCounty Chronicle, November 3, 2004 'Jayhawkers' Included Some Honest Texans, Beaumont Enterprise, November 6, 2004 Lighthouse Keepers Were Local Heroines, MidCounty Chronicle, November 10, 2004 Paper Trails Show Travails of Journalist, Beaumont Enterprise, November 10, 2004 Fredonia Rooted in River History, Beaumont Enterprise, November 13, 2004 'Great' Bit of History Worth Not Repeating, Beaumont Enterprise, November 17, 2004 Skunk Taught Historian Valuable Lesson, MidCounty Chronicle, November 17, 2004 Slave Lucy Was First Woman to Die, MidCounty Chronicle, November 24, 2004 Majestic Trees Towered Over Area in 1850, Beaumont Enterprise, November 24, 2004 Folks and Memories: New Llano, LA. CA socialist Commune, Cameron Parish Pilot, November 25, 2004 Colonel Lost War, Arm; But Built Empire, Beaumont Enterprise, November 27, 2004 Ship Captain Leaves Mark on Boy's Memory, MidCounty Chronicle, December 1, 2004 'Rat Lands' a True Source of Wild Tales, Beaumont Enterprise, December 1, 2004 Buried Treasure Tales Continue to Raise Hopes, DeQuincy News, December 1, 2004 Johnson Bayou Report Given in 1894 Newspaper Article, Cameron Parish Pilot, December 2, 2004 John Leonard Left Unique Legacy, Beaumont Enterprise, December 4, 2004 Two Galveston Business Giants' Success Began at Sabine Pass, Beaumont Enterprise, December 8, 2004 Folks and Memories, Cameron Parish Pilot, December 9, 2004 Box 4 FF 3 Shipping Cotton Via Steamboats Ran Many Risks, Beaumont Enterprise, December 11, 2004 Dutch Celebrated First Christmas in Nederland, MidCounty Chronicle, December 15, 2004 Area Once Drew Those Hunting Buried Treasure, Beaumont Enterprise, December 15, 2004 Disease Plagued Lone Star State in 19th Century, Beaumont Enterprise, December 18, 2004 Origin of Christmas Trees Dates Back Centuries, MidCounty Chronicle, December 22, 2004 Capt. Bengston Had Big Markup in River Business, Beaumont Enterprise, December 22, 2004 Years on Farm Turned Me Off of Sweet Taters, Beaumont Enterprise, December 25, 2004 Women Had Big Role in Workforce During Wartime, MidCounty Chronicle, December 29, 2004 Many Remember Thriving Decades of Pure Oil Plant, Beaumont Enterprise, December 29, 2004 Johnson Bayou History Recounted by Mr. Block, Cameron Parish Pilot, December 30, 2004 Very Familiar Stretch of Sand Has Long History, Beaumont Enterprise, January 1, 2005 Area Has Seen Its Share of Snow and Cold Weather, MidCounty Chronicle, January 5, 2005 Fostoria Once Was Prosperous Sawmill Town, Beaumont Enterprise, January 5, 2005 Pioneer Families in Region Often Had Many Kids, Beaumont Enterprise, January 8, 2005 Village Mills Hangs Tough After Heyday, Beaumont Enterprise, January 12, 2005. Pioneer 'Bad Girl' Was Mix of Oakley, Jane, Starr, MidCounty Chronicle, January 12, 2005 Civil War Spirit Still Gives Earful to Executioners, Beaumont Enterprise, January 15, 2005 Mexican Americans Fought for Texas Independence, MidCounty Chronicle, January 19, 2005 Some Notes About Early Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish Pilot, January 20, 2005 Confederate Heroics Exiled T.R.'s Uncles, Beaumont Enterprise, January 22, 2005 Revealing Sergeant McIlheny's Secret After 60 Years, MidCounty Chronicle, January 26, 2005 Calcasieu River Was Also Served by Lighthouse, Beaumont Enterprise, January 29, 2005 The W.A.S.P.'s Powderpuff Hornets of the Heavens, MidCounty Chronicle, February 2, 2005 Young People Must Learn More About Zaharias, Beaumont Enterprise, February 5, 2005 Calcasieu River Channeling History Recalled by Mr. Block, Cameron Parish Pilot, February 10, 2005 Calcasieu River Improvements Took Some Time, Beaumont Enterprise, February 12, 2005 Box 4 FF 4 Commander D. A. McDermut and the Destroyer That Bore His Name, n.d. The Gold Spike of Kansas City Southern Railroad, n.d. Seth Lewis: The First District Judge of St. Landry Parish, n.d. Satsuma Oranges in Cameron Parish, n.d. Calcasieu Cotton Fields Made Comeback in 1920s The Legend of Ann Eliza’s Grave, Beaumont Enterprise, August 24, 1978, and “Legend of Shellbank,” The Cameron Pilot, December 10, 1998 Jabez Bunting Watkins: A Louisiana Railroad Magnate, n.d. The Tick-Tack Boys, n.d. Murder of Toni Jo Henry in a Lonely Rice Field, Mid County Chronicle, August 3, 2005 Southwest Louisiana History Found in Beaumont Enterprise, n.d. October 12, 1886: The Night that Johnson’s Bayou, Louisiana Died, reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, October 10, 1979 A Tale of Jean Baptiste's Brass Cannon, n.d. Our Battle at the Calcasieu Pass: Documented for our Children, n.d. Spot in Alamo is Forever Linked to Lake Charles, , Beaumont Enterprise, November 5, 2005 Lake Charles is Proud of its Alamo Hero Isaac Ryan, Mid County Chronicle, November 23, 2005 Newton County Once Had Many Waterwheel Mills, Beaumont Enterprise, November 26, 2005 Remembering 'Great Depression' in Port Neches, Mid County Chronicle, November 30, 2005 Old Ghost Town Has Evolved into Cut and Shoot, Beaumont Enterprise, December 3, 2005 The Godmother of National Prohibition, Mid County Chronicle, December 7, 2005 Railway to Gulf Via Louisiana Didn't Pan Out, Beaumont Enterprise, December 10, 2005 Seale Once Thriving Town, Now But a Memory, Dequincy News, November 8, 2006 ‘Leather Britches’ Smith, Grabow Riot Recalled, Dequincy News, November 15, 2006 Bear Head ‘Massacre’ Took Lives of 7 People, Dequincy News, November 29, 2006 Sulphur Mountains are Recalled by Writer, Dequincy News, November 29, 2006 Some Early Sawmills at Pineville, Edna, Westlake, and Orange, Louisiana Two Treasure Sites of Imperial Calcasieu Parish Shellbank, Louisiana: The Legend of Pavell’s Island The Opelousas Trail: Bellowing Cows Marked First Trail to New Orleans Murder in the Muskrat Camp A Glimpse of Merryville, Louisiana Between 1906-1908 Ludington, Louisiana: A Ghost Town of Beauregard Parish The Early Sawmills at Stables and Loring, Louisiana The Longville, Louisiana Sawmill: Once the Pride of Long-Bell Lumber Company
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Gateway to the Pineys: A Glimpse of Leesville, Louisiana Between 1905-1908 Early Sawmilling at Lake Charles, Louisiana The Legacy of Jean Lafitte in Southwest Louisiana The Last Voyage of the Hotspur Gulf Lumber Company of Fullerton, Louisiana The Pearl of the Pineys: A Glimpse of DeRidder, Louisiana, Between 1904 and 1903 Singeing General Taylor’s Beard: Lieutenant Frederick Crocker’s Daring Calcasieu Raid
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Beauregard Parish: A Thriving Mill Town |