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Jordan Berlant

In Memory of JORDAN BERLANT Who Found Peace and Communicated With God Here 1970 2002.

In Memory of JORDAN BERLANT Who Found Peace and Communicated With God Here 1970 2002.

    Salt Sands

    SALT SANDS The resistant Homewood and Conoquenessing sandstones, the "Salt Sands" of the driller, form the canyon walls and Blackwater Falls. These sands produce oil and natural gas in West...

    SALT SANDS The resistant Homewood and Conoquenessing sandstones, the "Salt Sands" of the driller, form the canyon walls and Blackwater Falls. These sands produce oil and natural gas in West...

      Germany Valley

      GERMANY VALLEY In Germany Valley is the site of Hinkle's Fort built in 1761-1762 It was the only defense of the South Branch after Fort Upper Tract and Fort Seybert were destroyed by Shawnee...

      GERMANY VALLEY In Germany Valley is the site of Hinkle's Fort built in 1761-1762 It was the only defense of the South Branch after Fort Upper Tract and Fort Seybert were destroyed by Shawnee...

        Hopi House

          The Plymouth School

          Submitted by @kevl42

          Submitted by @kevl42

            Mojave Air & Spaceport

            Submitted by @rondodog

            Submitted by @rondodog

              Bright Angel Trailhead

                Holmes Duke House

                A native of Carthage, Texas, Holmes Duke came to Beaumont in the late 19th century and purchased property at this site in 1898. Construction on his home began shortly thereafter. Completed in...

                A native of Carthage, Texas, Holmes Duke came to Beaumont in the late 19th century and purchased property at this site in 1898. Construction on his home began shortly thereafter. Completed in...

                • texas
                • beaumont
                • architecture

                Young Men's Christian Association of Beaumont

                The 1901 Spindletop oil boom brought vice, corruption and inadequate housing problems to Beaumont. H. G. Behrman, a young man who was sleeping in a tent in his friend's backyard, met W. M. Lewis,...

                The 1901 Spindletop oil boom brought vice, corruption and inadequate housing problems to Beaumont. H. G. Behrman, a young man who was sleeping in a tent in his friend's backyard, met W. M. Lewis,...

                • texas
                • beaumont
                • ymca

                First United Methodist Church of Beaumont

                In 1839, Methodist Missionary Samuel A. Williams (1810-66) conducted first religious service in Beaumont, followed in 1840 by another Methodist minister, Henry Stephenson (1772-1841), organizer of...

                In 1839, Methodist Missionary Samuel A. Williams (1810-66) conducted first religious service in Beaumont, followed in 1840 by another Methodist minister, Henry Stephenson (1772-1841), organizer of...

                • texas
                • church

                Young Women's Christian Association Of Beaumont

                Established in 1911 with ten members, the Beaumont Young Women's Christian Association was officially chartered three years alter. Meetings were held in the town Temperance Hall until a separate...

                Established in 1911 with ten members, the Beaumont Young Women's Christian Association was officially chartered three years alter. Meetings were held in the town Temperance Hall until a separate...

                • texas
                • ywca

                Westminster Presbyterian Church of Beaumont

                Presbyterian worship services were led in this area by traveling preachers until the Rev. S. F. Tenney and the Rev. W. C. Wallace organized the First Presbyterian Church of Beaumont on February...

                Presbyterian worship services were led in this area by traveling preachers until the Rev. S. F. Tenney and the Rev. W. C. Wallace organized the First Presbyterian Church of Beaumont on...

                • texas
                • church
                • religion

                Sanders House

                Tennessee-born Robert Washington Sanders (1850-1916), a master wood carver, was drawn to Beaumont in 1878 by the newly-emerging lumber industry. He worked in several local lumber mills until 1902,...

                Tennessee-born Robert Washington Sanders (1850-1916), a master wood carver, was drawn to Beaumont in 1878 by the newly-emerging lumber industry. He worked in several local lumber mills until 1902,...

                • texas
                • beaumont
                • architecture

                Travis Street Substation

                When Gulf States Utilities Company built this Travis Street substation building in 1929, a new era of progress began in Beaumont and all of southeast Texas. Additional farms, homes, and industries...

                When Gulf States Utilities Company built this Travis Street substation building in 1929, a new era of progress began in Beaumont and all of southeast Texas. Additional farms, homes, and industries...

                • texas
                • beaumont
                • museum
                • utility

                Enterprise-Journal

                Near this spot on Nov. 6, 1880, the first Beaumont Enterprise came off the press. This newspaper, founded by John W. Leonard, is southeast Texas' oldest business institution. The Beaumont Journal,...

                Near this spot on Nov. 6, 1880, the first Beaumont Enterprise came off the press. This newspaper, founded by John W. Leonard, is southeast Texas' oldest business institution. The Beaumont...

                • texas
                • beaumont
                • newspaper

                First National Bank Building

                Founded on April 9, 1889, the First National Bank of Beaumont enjoyed an economic revitalization in the 1930s after the area's second major oil boom. A special meeting of the bank's board of...

                Founded on April 9, 1889, the First National Bank of Beaumont enjoyed an economic revitalization in the 1930s after the area's second major oil boom. A special meeting of the bank's board of...

                • texas
                • beaumont
                • commerce

                Noah Tevis

                Site of the home of Noah Tevis who came to Texas in 1826 and built his cabin on land not granted until 1835. On a portion of this known as Tevis Bluff, the town of Beaumont was laid out before his...

                Site of the home of Noah Tevis who came to Texas in 1826 and built his cabin on land not granted until 1835. On a portion of this known as Tevis Bluff, the town of Beaumont was laid out before his...

                • texas
                • beaumont

                The Old Confederate Military Road

                The Old Confederate Military Road 1862-1865 in 1862, when the Federal troops captured New Orleans and blockaded the mouth of the Mississippi River. Taylor's army, then in Central Louisiana,...

                The Old Confederate Military Road 1862-1865 in 1862, when the Federal troops captured New Orleans and blockaded the mouth of the Mississippi River. Taylor's army, then in Central...

                • louisiana
                • civil war

                McMillan Building

                  Barnette's Landing

                  CAPTAIN E. T. BARNETTE, A PASSENGER ON THE RIVERBOAT LAVELLE YOUNG, DEBARKED NEAR THIS SITE ON AUGUST 26, 1901 AND ESTABLISHED A TRADING POST WHICH, IN 1902, BECAME KNOWN AS FAIRBANKS

                  CAPTAIN E. T. BARNETTE, A PASSENGER ON THE RIVERBOAT LAVELLE YOUNG, DEBARKED NEAR THIS SITE ON AUGUST 26, 1901 AND ESTABLISHED A TRADING POST WHICH, IN 1902, BECAME KNOWN AS FAIRBANKS