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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28FE_henry-millard_Beaumont-TX.html
A native of Saratoga County, New York, Henry Millard moved to Missouri with his family while still a child. As a young man he moved to Natchez, Mississippi, where in 1826 he married Mary Warren Beaumont. While living in Natchez they became the par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28FB_tyrrell-public-library_Beaumont-TX.html
Built in 1903 as the First Baptist Church, this limestone structure replaced a red brick church on the same site. Architect of the Romanesque Revival style edifice was A. N. Dawson and contractor was G. D. Patterson. In 1923, when the Baptist cong…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28F9_beach-road_Port-Arthur-TX.html
The Beach Road is the coastal section of the Texas Highway 87 system. Stretching along the Gulf of Mexico from Sabine Pass through Chambers County to Port Bolivar in Galveston County, it follows a historic route that proved vital to the early deve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZF_jefferson-theatre_Beaumont-TX.html
Built in 1927 by the Jefferson Amusement Company, this theatre quickly became a landmark in downtown Beaumont. Emile Weil, Inc., a New Orleans architectural firm, designed the structure. The interior is a showcase of fine materials and workmanshi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZ5_texas-first-rice-mill_Beaumont-TX.html
Beaumont Rice Mill, founded 1892 by J. E. Broussard, was developed after first commercial planting of rice in Texas in 1863. Earlier crops, due to dependence on rain, were dubbed "providence rice."
Broussard, pioneer grower and irrigato…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZ3_port-of-beaumont_Beaumont-TX.html
The city of Beaumont, 41 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, was served from its founding in 1837 by schooners and sternwheelers navigating the Neches River. The three-foot depth of Sabine Lake between the river's mouth and the Gulf limited pass…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17RB_the-lucas-gusher_Beaumont-TX.html
Discovery well of the Spindletop Oil Field and the first important well on the Gulf Coast. It blew in on Jan. 10, 1901, flowing 100,000 barrels of oil a day from a depth of 1020 feet. The oil production which resulted made Beaumont a city and the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14YR_french-trading-post_Beaumont-TX.html
Built 1845 by John J. French (1799-1889), merchant and tanner who came from Connecticut and New York to Texas in 1830s. Served as home and store, with tannery nearby. Early settlers came to "French Town" to trade tallow, hides, corn, and beef for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CX_the-port-arthur-refinery_Leland-TX.html
The eruption of the Lucas Gusher at the Spindletop oil field in January 1901 established Texas as a major oil source and signaled the beginning of a significant economic boom to the state. The new town of Port Arthur benefited tremendously from it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CW_early-oil-tanker-service_Leland-TX.html
Part of the huge transportation complex that moves petroleum to world markets. Traffic in oil tankers and barges in Texas mushroomed two months after the state's first oil gusher, "Spindletop," roared in. On March 11, 1901, the first boat to trans…