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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jefferson County, Texas
Adjacent to Jefferson County, Texas
▶ Chambers County (24) ▶ Hardin County (6) ▶ Liberty County (29) ▶ Orange County (58) ▶ Cameron Parish, Louisiana (2)
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| On Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | County seat of Jefferson County. Settled in 1825 as Tevis Bluff; incorporated as Beaumont Dec. 16, 1838. Early trading post, riverboat port, lumber, rice and ranching center. Near site of Spindletop gusher, where oil became an industry, ushering in . . . — — Map (db m118626) HM |
| On College Street (U.S. 90) at Keith Road, on the right when traveling east on College Street. |
| | Named in honor of
Mary Dewleigh Borlace
Warren Beaumont
by her husband Henry Millard
who laid out the town in 1835
on a site known as Tevis's Bluff
Incorporated in 1838 — — Map (db m129555) HM |
| On Arbor Lane at French Road, on the left when traveling north on Arbor Lane. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m60304) HM |
| Near Pearl Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m118627) HM |
| Near Pearl Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The first county building constructed at this site was a jailhouse completed in 1838, two years after the organization of Jefferson County. Located on land acquired from Nancy Tevis, a pioneer settler of the area, it also housed county offices and . . . — — Map (db m118625) HM |
| Near Fannin Street west of Pearl Street (U.S. 90), on the left when traveling west. |
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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 . . . — — Map (db m76253) HM |
| On Franklin Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Franklin Street. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m118629) HM |
| Near Pacos Street 0.1 miles east of 3rd Street. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m76242) HM |
| Near Jimmy Simmons Boulevard (University Drive) at East Cardinal Drive (Business U.S. 96), on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m64411) HM |
| On Pearl Street (U.S. 90) at Forsythe Street, on the right when traveling west on Pearl Street. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m118628) HM |
| On North Broadway 1.5 miles north of U.S. 90, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The reduction of the labor force in the United States during World War II prompted the use of prisoners of war as laborers for various agricultural interests. The responsibility of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service at Texas A&M University, . . . — — Map (db m129554) HM |
| Near Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87) at U.S. 73, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The original engineer unit in the "Texas National Guard” originated in Port Arthur in 1916 and was designated
"Company A Texas Engineers.” The Company was first called into service in June 1916 for duty in the Mexican
border . . . — — Map (db m158054) HM |
| Near Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87) at State Highway 73, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The 143rd stems from the Third Regiment of Infantry which was organized in 1880 from
existing companies of the Texas Volunteer Guard, five of which participated in the Spanish
American War. Company I of the Third Regiment served in the army of . . . — — Map (db m158090) HM |
| On West Rev. Dr. Ransom Howard Street south of Liberty Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Birthplace of Babe Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 - September 27, 1956)One of seven children, Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Hannah Marie (d. 1945) and Ole Didrikson (d. . . . — — Map (db m152242) HM |
| On Procter Street south of Fourth Svenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1944, a group of citizens discussed establishment of a retirement home in Port Arthur. Federated Mission Society members from several churches served on the board of directors. Incorporated as the Community Retirement Home on August 28, 1944, . . . — — Map (db m154450) HM |
| On State Highway 87 1.4 miles south of State Highway 82, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m118630) HM |
| Near Lakeshore Drive south of Bledsoe Place, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a classic revival style with a raised Roman Doric . . . — — Map (db m151243) HM |
| On Lakeshore Drive north of Lake Charles Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Federated Women's Clubs of Port Arthur is a league of sixteen individual clubs which represent a variety of interests and public service projects. Together, through the organization, they combine their efforts for the betterment of the . . . — — Map (db m151292) HM |
| On Ninth Avenue west of 57th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This congregation traces its history to 1898, when a small group of people began meeting informally for Bible studies. In 1904, under the leadership of B. J. Waugh, First Christian Church was chartered with 72 members. Services were held regularly . . . — — Map (db m151554) HM |
| On Procter Street south of Shreveport Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Frank Trost, the photographer of record on the day the Lucas Gusher erupted in the Spindletop Oil Field, came to Port Arthur in 1895 from Kansas City, Missouri, where he had been involved in real estate. He opened a photography studio at this site . . . — — Map (db m150445) HM |
| Near Stillwell Boulevard near Procter Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | John W. Gates (1855-1911), a noted financier and philanthropist, set aside land at this site for a public library. In 1917, through the efforts of his widow Dellora (1855-1918), this classical revival library was completed. It was designed by the . . . — — Map (db m150536) HM |
| On Stilwell Boulevard east of Procter Street. |
| | John Warne "Bet a Million" Gates (1855-1911), a native of Illinois, was instrumental in the early growth of Port Arthur. A prominent businessman and financier noted for his promotion of barbed wire, he became a leader in the development of the city . . . — — Map (db m150901) HM |
| On Ninth Avenue at 25th Street, on the right when traveling west on Ninth Avenue. |
| | Noted musician Harry Henry Choates, whose career was shortened by an early death, was born in Louisiana in 1922. During the 1930s, he moved with his mother to Port Arthur, where as a child he began to develop and shape his gift of music. Known for . . . — — Map (db m151960) HM |
| On 32nd Street east of West Park Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A native of Port Arthur, famed blues and rock and roll singer Janis Joplin lived here with her family. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1960 and attended Port Arthur College and Lamar State College of Technology (Lamar University) . . . — — Map (db m158056) HM |
| On Bledsoe Place 0.2 miles west of Lakeshore Drive. |
| | Illinois native John Warne Gates (1855-1911) arrived in Port Arthur in 1899 at the urging of his business partner and town promoter, Arthur Stilwell. Gates' time here as a financier, entrepreneur and philanthropist left a significant legacy to the . . . — — Map (db m151350) HM |
| On Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87) at Highway 73, on the right when traveling east on Gulfway Drive. |
| | Some 30,000 dogs have
served America's military
in 20th century wars
They have served as guards,
scouts, trackers, messengers
or detectors of mines,
booby traps, explosives and
enemy soldiers
In Viet Nam 325 died in action
while . . . — — Map (db m150769) HM WM |
| Near Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87) near State Highway 73, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This anchor is in recognition of, and a tribute to, those who served in the Merchant Marine of World War II, we salute the men and women who served aboard the ships of the following Merchant Marine fleets: Texaco Marine, Sabine Towing & . . . — — Map (db m150933) HM WM |
| On Lakeshore Drive south of Bledsoe Place, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The last remaining landmark of the "dream city" planned by the founder of Port Arthur, railroad magnate Arthur E. Stilwell (1859-1928). The house was built in 1900 as the winter resort home of Isaac L. Ellwood . . . — — Map (db m151004) HM |
| On Procter Street south of Stillwell Boulevard, on the left when traveling south. |
| | John W. Gates founded Port Arthur College in 1909 as a
nonprofit, non-sectarian, vocational school focusing
on stenography, accounting and communications. Gates,
one of the founders of the Texas Company (Texaco),
envisioned a school to . . . — — Map (db m150731) HM |
| On Austin Avenue east of Procter Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Electric railways known as Interurbans existed in Texas from 1901 until the 1940s to provide frequent opportunities for the public to travel between urban centers. Interurban service between Beaumont and Port Arthur began on December 16, 1913, . . . — — Map (db m150381) HM |
| On Gulfway Drive (State Highway 73/87) 0.3 miles from 87, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The rapid growth of the petrochemical industry in Jefferson and Orange counties in the early 20th century led to increased population in this area. In order to serve escalating transportation needs, plans began in the 1920s for the construction of . . . — — Map (db m150345) HM |
| On Lakeshore Drive south of Lake Charles Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This building was constructed in 1915 as the new home of Port Arthur's First United Methodist Church, which had organized in 1897. The building was designed by C.W. Ward, and church member Warren McDaniel served as the contractor. A special . . . — — Map (db m150470) HM |
| On Lakeshore Drive at Woodworth Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Lakeshore Drive. |
| | Situated between Port Arthur and Lake Sabine and drainages of the Sabine and Neches Rivers, the Sabine-Neches Canal is a vital route for commerce from the Gulf of Mexico to port facilities in Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange and other areas. Interest . . . — — Map (db m151622) HM |
| On Woodworth Boulevard at Procter Street, in the median on Woodworth Boulevard. |
| | Laid out in 1835 on land grant from government of Mexico to Horatio M. Hanks. At least 160 blocks were planned. After the Texas Revolution, Banks' partner and agent Alamazon Huston sold first 15 lots on Nov. 27, 1837. Deed records show town . . . — — Map (db m151941) HM |
| On Lakeshore Drive south of Waco Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The growth of the petrochemical industry in the southern part of Jefferson County in the early 1930s resulted in the need for extended county government services. State legislation was required in order to enable the county to build a . . . — — Map (db m150436) HM |
| Near Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87) at State Highway 73, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Marker 1
On April 20th 1898, congress adopted the
following resolution "first, that the people
of the Island of Cuba are and of right
ought to be free and independent "second,
that it is the duty of the United States to
demand, and the . . . — — Map (db m158104) HM |
| On DeQueen Bolevard near Lakeshore Drive, in the median. |
| | John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine and later set aside land for a family burial ground. The land was acquired by the Port Arthur Land . . . — — Map (db m151354) HM |
| On Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87) at State Highway 73 on Gulfway Drive. |
| | On February 3rd, 1943 as the American troopship Dorchester neared its destination,
Greenland, it was torpedoed at 12:55 A.M. by a German submarine. The old ship
immediately began to sink. As the men clamored to the deck, the four chaplains . . . — — Map (db m150369) HM WM |
| On Ninth Avenue east of 29th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Since 1937, the Hughen School and other related facilities have provided assistance to individuals with disabilities. The school grew out of a vision by the Rotary Club of Port Arthur to start a movement in the interest of children with . . . — — Map (db m151940) HM |
| On Houston Avenue at Procter Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Houston Avenue. |
| | The city of Port Arthur was platted in 1895 as the terminus of a railroad envisioned by Arthur E. Stilwell as the shortest route from Kansas City, Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad was completed in . . . — — Map (db m150352) HM |
| On State Highway 87 0.6 miles south of State Highway 82, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 its . . . — — Map (db m118631) HM |
| On Woodworth Avenue at Lakeshore Drive, on the left on Woodworth Avenue. |
| | J.H. Baxter of the Griffing Lumber Company built this residence in 1906 for R.H. Woodworth (d.1923). Wide verandas extend beyond the impressive columned portico of the Classic Revival structure. Woodworth, a business and civic leader, and his wife . . . — — Map (db m150368) HM |
| On Woodworth Boulevard at Lakeshore Drive, on the right when traveling east on Woodworth Boulevard. |
| | In 1896 Arthur E. Stilwell, president of the Kansas
City Southern Railroad, organized a townsite company
to settle Port Arthur. Soon afterward, R.H. Woodworth
(d. 1923) moved here from Chicago with his bride Mary
(d. 1946). They erected their . . . — — Map (db m150713) HM |
| Near Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87) at State Highway 73, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The 36th was a dominant element of the Texas National Guard for many years. Born of the volunteers who fought
for Texas independence and nurtured through more than 150 years of local emergencies, border conflicts, Indian
raids and International . . . — — Map (db m158057) HM |
| On Lakeshore Drive south of Lake Charles Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Born in Rotterdam, Holland, Adrianus Jacobus Maria Vuylsteke (1873-1912) immigrated to the U. S. in 1893. In 1894-96 he moved to Texas and helped plat the town of Port Arthur. Following his marriage to Nettie Minerva White in 1898, they settled in . . . — — Map (db m150654) HM |
| On Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87) near State Highway 73, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In Recognition of
Women's Peacetime and
Wartime Service
To Our Country
Civil War 6,000
Spanish-American War 1,500
World War I 34,000
World War II 400,000
Korea 22,000
Viet Nam 7,500
Grenada 116
Panama 1,200
Persian Gulf . . . — — Map (db m150744) WM |
| Near Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87) near Highway 73, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In grateful recognition of the supporting roles performed by the 442nd Infantry and
517th Parachute Combat Teams. The 442nd suffered severe casualties in the successful
rescue of a 141st Infantry Battalion caught behind enemy lines in the . . . — — Map (db m158494) HM WM |
| On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In October 1886, Sabine Pass was the second largest town in Jefferson County, boasting a new rail line and an optimistic outlook on continued growth as a major coastal port. On the afternoon of October 12, just two months after a hurricane had . . . — — Map (db m118670) HM |
| On South Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87), on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m118676) HM |
| | After Texas seceded from the Union at the onset of the Civil War, the state's ports were included in a Union blockade of the South. The proximity of Sabine Pass to Galveston made it a strategic point for both the Union and Confederacy. In January . . . — — Map (db m118789) HM |
| On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The first known settlers in this area were John McGaffey and Thomas Courts, who arrived in 1832. Sam Houston assisted Manuel de los Santos Coy in acquiring a land grant here in 1833. Two years later Houston and two partners purchased Coy's property . . . — — Map (db m118671) HM |
| | Maine native Leonidas Smith (b. 1829) became a sailor as a youth and, by age 21 commanded the U.S. Mail Packet Pacific along the west coast. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he was sailing out of Galveston, Texas. He served as . . . — — Map (db m118780) HM |
| On South Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Commemorating
the feat of
Dick Dowling
and his forty two Irish patriots
Sabine Pass, Texas.
1861 C.S.A. 1865
"September the 8th 1863, an army of fifteen thousand Federals attacked the small fort at the Pass; the brave little garrison . . . — — Map (db m118815) HM WM |
| On 6100 Dick Dowling Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Civil War battle at Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863 was a victory for Lieutenant Richard W. Dowling and his troops, which numbered fewer than 50. Dowling and his Davis Guards kept Union gunboats from advancing up the pass. The U.S.S. . . . — — Map (db m118791) HM |
| On Dick Dowling Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | To protect Texas against Federal invasion during the Civil War, Confederate General John B. Magruder ordered the construction of a fort on September 4, 1863, four days before the famous Confederate victory won by Dick Dowling and his small company . . . — — Map (db m118775) HM |
| On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | During the Civil War, the Sabine Pass Channel was a strategic gateway to the interior of eastern Texas and western Louisiana, control of which was vital. Fearing a possible Union invasion, the citizens of Sabine City (later Sabine Pass) formed a . . . — — Map (db m118674) HM |
| | Center Front Panel
In memory of Lt. Richard W. Dowling and his men. Texas remembers the faithfulness and valor of her sons and commends their heroic example to future generations.
The Men Who Fought with Lt. Dowling Were:
Left Front Panel . . . — — Map (db m118792) HM WM |
| On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This lantern and watchroom once made up the top 20 feet of the Sabine Bank lighthouse, which originally towered 72 feet above the water in the Gulf of Mexico.
The lighthouse was fabricated in Detroit, Michigan and shipped to Sabine by railway in . . . — — Map (db m118814) HM |
| | Renowned for brilliant Civil War victory, Sept. 8, 1863. Confederates in this fort repulsed a fleet seeking to land thousands of Federal soldiers.
Lt. Richard W. Dowling (1838-1867), in civilian life a Houston businessman, commanded fort during . . . — — Map (db m118779) HM |
| On Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Commanded by Col. Ashley W. Spaight, the 11th Battalion of Texas Volunteers, Confederate States Army, was nicknamed the "Swamp Angels." Tracing its origins to the "Sabine Pass Guards" militia formed in 1861, the battalion served during the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m118675) HM |
| On Dick Dowling Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | As tension mounted between the United States and Spain during the late 1890s, U. S. Representative Samuel Bronson Cooper of Texas recommended the War Department begin plans for the defense of the strategic Sabine Pass area. The Army Corps of . . . — — Map (db m118776) HM |
| | Union Casualties at the Battle of Sabine Pass
September 8, 1863
USS Clifton
Killed
United States Navy
Exec. Officer Robert Rhodes
Michael Driscoll, Landsman
75th Regt. New York Volunteers
Pvt. Henry Raymond, Co. A . . . — — Map (db m118812) HM WM |
| On Dick Dowling Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Federal forces in the Civil War failed in most of their early efforts to capture Texas. In the fall of 1863, after taking New Orleans and Vicksburg, their leaders attacked Western Louisiana in a renewed effort. They wished to divert valuable stocks . . . — — Map (db m118790) HM |
| On Dick Dowling Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The natural coastal cut of Sabine Pass has long been an important military strategic point, as evidenced by the battle that took place here during the Civil War. It was no less significant in World War II, when it became one of the primary points of . . . — — Map (db m118778) HM |
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