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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E51_site-of-world-war-ll-prisoner-of-war-camp_Beaumont-TX.html
Site of World War ll Prisoner of War Camp. (China Branch Camp). The reduction of the labor force in the United States during World War II prompted the use of prisoners of war as laborers for various agricultural interests. The responsibility of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E50_city-of-beaumont_Beaumont-TX.html
City of Beaumont. . Named in honor of Mary Dewleigh Borlace Warren Beaumont by her husband Henry Millard who laid out the town in 1835 on a site known as Tevis's Bluff Incorporated in 1838.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28JL_richard-dowling_Port-Arthur-TX.html
Center Front Panel
In memory of Lt. Richard W. Dowling and his men. Texas remembers the faithfulness and valor of her sons and commends their heroic example to future generations.
The Men Who Fought with Lt. Dowling Were:
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28JF_sabine-bank-lighthouse_Port-Arthur-TX.html
This lantern and watchroom once made up the top 20 feet of the Sabine Bank lighthouse, which originally towered 72 feet above the water in the Gulf of Mexico.
The lighthouse was fabricated in Detroit, Michigan and shipped to Sabine by railway in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28JE_dick-dowling_Port-Arthur-TX.html
Commemorating
the feat of
Dick Dowling
and his forty two Irish patriots
Sabine Pass, Texas.
1861 C.S.A. 1865
"September the 8th 1863, an army of fifteen thousand Federals attacked the small fort at the Pass; the brave little garrison under L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28JD_union-casualties-at-the-battle-of-sabine-pass_Port-Arthur-TX.html
Union Casualties at the Battle of Sabine Pass
September 8, 1863
USS Clifton
Killed
United States Navy
Exec. Officer Robert Rhodes
Michael Driscoll, Landsman
75th Regt. New York Volunteers
Pvt. Henry Raymond, Co. A
Pvt. Luther D.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28J7_site-of-fort-griffin_Port-Arthur-TX.html
Renowned for brilliant Civil War victory, Sept. 8, 1863. Confederates in this fort repulsed a fleet seeking to land thousands of Federal soldiers.
Lt. Richard W. Dowling (1838-1867), in civilian life a Houston businessman, commanded fort during e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28IN_fort-manhassett_Port-Arthur-TX.html
To protect Texas against Federal invasion during the Civil War, Confederate General John B. Magruder ordered the construction of a fort on September 4, 1863, four days before the famous Confederate victory won by Dick Dowling and his small company…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28IJ_spanish-american-war-fortifications_Port-Arthur-TX.html
As tension mounted between the United States and Spain during the late 1890s, U. S. Representative Samuel Bronson Cooper of Texas recommended the War Department begin plans for the defense of the strategic Sabine Pass area. The Army Corps of Engin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28IF_world-war-ii-coastal-defenses-at-sabine-pass_Port-Arthur-TX.html
The natural coastal cut of Sabine Pass has long been an important military strategic point, as evidenced by the battle that took place here during the Civil War. It was no less significant in World War II, when it became one of the primary points …