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The Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana THE BATTLE OF CALCASIEU PASS, LOUISIANA by W T Block Reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, May 6, 1977, p 1d In May, 1909, an old Confederate veteran, J A Brickhouse of Beaumont, Texas, expressed a fear that the story of the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana, would eventually be lost to posterity At that time, he wrote one of the three eye-witness accounts of that battle that are known
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
Chapter VII: A History of Jefferson County, Texas Bi-directional movement of cattle, east and west, was another factor that dictated the requirements for transportation facilities Most immigrants drove small herds into Texas, whereas the annual drive of a market-bound herd between Jefferson County and New Orleans usually began in the spring of each year
Sgt. H. N. Connor: A Sabine Saddle Soldiers Civil War Exploits When the outbreak of war stifled all export trade, young Connor enlisted on April 20 in the "Sabine Pass Guard," a 90-day militia company In July,1861, he reenlisted, spent endless hours drilling and hiking over Sabine's treeless salt grass terrain, a grueling life which gradually steered the young recruit toward the saddle He longed for the combat action which did not materialize In
Christian Hillebrandt, Cattle Baron: Jefferson Countys pioneer rancher And also much less famed were the longhorn realms of the Upper Texas Coast, where cattle names such as James Taylor White, C T Cade, William McFaddin, and Christian Hillebrandt were household words more than a century ago Long before Chisholm first rode over the famed cattle trail which still bears his name, the pioneer cattlemen of the Texas coast, including 'Shanghai' Pierce, swam the