- Nederland - wtblock. org
Musings About Early-Day Nederland A Collection of Articles Authored Edited by W T Block Regarding Nederland, Texas Although I have a Port Neches class ring and a Nederland diploma, I still cannot call myself a native 'Nederlander ' Nevertheless, Nederland was my mother's home, who arrived here in 1906, as well as of my father's first wife, Dora Koelemay Block, who came here in 1898 with
- 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
- Dr. Lewis S. Owings: A Brief Biography
The writer is indebted to Brad Veek, David Owings, and B C Thomas for sharing info In a remote corner of Oakwood Cemetery near Denison, Texas, there lies all that is earthly, that is, the remains of Dr Lewis S Owings And until recently those remains lay in absolute anonymity and obscurity for that pioneer Texan, who added a remarkable dimension to the history of the Southwestern States
- Spanish in Jefferson County, Texas: From explorers to filibusterers . . .
Reprinted from Beaumont ENTERPRISE, February 5, 1984 Sources: Principally from Morfi, HISTORY OF TEXAS TO 1779; also Hackett (ed ), PICHARDO'S TREATISE ON THE LIMITS OF TEXAS AND LOUISIANA, 1806, four volumes; also, H E Bolton, TEXAS IN THE MIDDLE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A study of three centuries of ownership of Texas and Jefferson County by the Spanish king between 1528 and 1821 can result in
- New Chapter in History of Sabine Pass Written
Reprint from The Port Arthur News, Sunday, August 2, 1970 (Sept 8 is the anniversary date of the Civil War battle at Sabine Pass, in 1863 A third generation descendant of one of the first settlers in Port Neches has written a new chapter in the history of that era He is W T Block of Nederland, Lamar graduate, assistant postmaster and a teaching fellow at Lamar this fall His grandfather
- The Cottonclad Gunboat Uncle Ben
Reprinted from Beaumont ENTERPRISE, October 24, 1974 As daylight illuminated the lower Neches River on September 9, 1863, a frontier settler of Port Neches observed a "rickety old cottonclad," the Confederate gunboat "Uncle Ben," weaving its way slowly among the serpentine curves of the river south of Beaumont, Texas The vessel carried a boat load of uninvited guests, Union prisoners-of-war
- Diary of 1st Sergeant H. N. Connor - wtblock. org
Preface to H N Connor About 1971, while the editor-annotator was researching and writing his M A thesis, he learned that a Civil War diary about Southeast Texas - "The Diary of Sergeant H N Connor" - was in possession of Dr Haskell Monroe of Texas A and M University Dr Monroe was kind enough to loan me the diary for use in my thesis which was published in 1975 as "A History of
- From Cotton Bales to Black Gold
From Cotton B ales t o Black Gold A History of t he Pioneer Wiess Families of Southeastern Texas By W T Block {Originally published in Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, VIII #1 (Nov 1972), 40-61 Thanks to Mr Tom Cloud for his efforts in scanning and converting the article to web format } If optimism is the art of anticipating the future, then, inversely, the art of reviewing
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