| A Brief History of the Early Beaumont Jewish
Community |
| William E. Rogers: Beaumont Steamboatman |
| Big Business: Beaumont's Big Business |
| Cotton Bales: From Cotton Bales to Black Gold |
| Napoleon Wiess: Steamboat
Captain and Confederate Soldier |
| Oil industry in East Texas traces roots back to 1860s |
| Former slave�s death in 1889 attracted rare news coverage |
| Fires: Two area cities in late 1800s fought major fires together |
| Pioneer music in Beaumont contained lots of brass horns |
| Schools: Schools in Beaumont trace to pre-Civil War |
| Strong Spell: Strong Spell swam river ferrying lead steer of herd |
| Lucus Gusher: Lucas gusher fever affected so many folks, far and wide |
| Corpse: Strange case about corpse still unsolved
| Marble Corpse: The Case of Beaumont's Missing Marble Corpse |
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| Pre-boom Spindletop gave hints of its riches |
| Aged Well: Beaumont had two pioneers who aged well |
| Emancipated men gave city so very much in early years |
| Cold War: Real cold war occurred here during 1890s |
| Prank led to empty sleeve |
| Plague: Spindle Top once isolated plague victims |
| Christmas: Celebrations of Christmas in Beaumont change little |
| Before Spindletop: The Sawdust City of the 1880's |
| Doctors: Early Southeast Texas "Docs" were Medical Men of
Iron |
| Early Education: Frontier Schools Provided the City's Leaders of
the Future |
| King Lumber: Godparent of Beaumont |
| Entertainment: A Brief History of Pioneer Entertainment in
Beaumont, Texas |
| Patriotism: Town Re-entered Union July 4, 1896 |
| Mail: When Southeast Texas Mail Had 4 Feet: Beaumont's Frontier
Postal System |
| Wiess Brothers: Business Leaders of Early Beaumont (History of the
Reliance Lumber Co.) |
| Henry R. Green: Fake Obituary Identified Beaumont's Early School
Teacher-Historian |