Majestic Hotel
Bilbo at Pujo StreetOn this site stood the Majestic Hotel from 1906 to 1965. Advanced for its day, the Majestic's own water system was used to save it (and surrounding properties) during the Great...
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- lake charles
- calcasieu parish
- lost landmark
Foiled Bank Robbery Site
FOILED BANK ROBBERY SITE ON SEPT. 18, 1867, THE SUNDANCE KID (HARRY LONGBAUGH), KID CURRY AND OTHERS OF THE "WILD BUNCH" RODE INTO RED LODGE AFTER ESCAPING FROM JAIL IN BELLE FOURCHE S.D....
Timber and Logging
The trees have had more historical significance than any other aspect of Blue Elbow Swamp. As one of only a few bald cypress and tupelo gum bottomland hardwood areas along the upper Texas coast,...
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- park
- orange county
- boardwalk
Al Patch Park
The Varsity Theater
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Plaque in Highworth High Street to mark the Old Post Office.
The Auxilliary Units Gateway for agents - this would have been very important had the United Kingdom been invaded in World War II
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William J Arkell's birth place plaque
William Joscelyn Arkell FGS, FRS (9 June 1904 – 18 April 1958) was a British geologist and palaeontologist.
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- arkell
- geology
- jurassic
Old First Orange Baptist Church
Old First Orange Baptist Church was organized on September 20, 1857, and is the earliest known religious establishment in Orange County. Charter members were Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth, Mr....
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Harry James' Childhood Homesite
Henry Haag "Harry" James was an American musician who became famous as one of the most popular bandleaders during the "Big Band" or "Swing Band" era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in 1916...
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- entertainment
- big band/swing
Central Fire Station
This structure was built in 1927 to house the Beaumont fire Department. Organized in 1881. Designed by the architectural firm of Livesay and Wiedemann, the building was constructed on the site...
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- firefighters
- fire station
- museum
Peyton Bland
Born in 1815 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Peyton Bland became a vital figure in Orange County. He migrated to Texas as a young man and at Orange in 1835 enrolled to serve I the...
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- texas revolution
- early settler
Restoring The Landscape
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- nature
Trinity Lutheran Church
Twelve people heard the Rev. C. G. Kuppler of Louisiana deliver the last German Lutheran sermon in this area in early 1899. The small group applied for a regular pastor; the Lutheran Mission...
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- church
- religion
Congregation Temple Emanuel
The first recorded Jewish worship services in Beaumont were held on Yom Kippur in September 1887. The congregation's first synagogue was built at the corner of Broadway and willow streets in 1901....
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- church
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St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica
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- church
- religion