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Port Arthur, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Port Arthur, city (1990 pop. 58,724), Jefferson co., SE Tex., on Sabine Lake; inc. 1898. A deepwater port of entry on the Sabine-Neches Canal, it is an extensive oil port, with many…

Beaumont

(Encyclopedia) Beaumont, city (2020 pop. 115,282), seat of Jefferson co., Tex., on the Sabine-Neches Waterway; inc. 1838. A ship channel provides the…

Gushers: The Texas Oil Boom and Industry

Top of Page Source: iStockThe United States is the world’s largest oil producer. For 150 years, Texas history and the oil and natural gas industry have been inextricably linked. In 2019, around 41%…

Pattillo Higgins Biography

Pattillo HigginsTexas oil pioneerBorn: 12/5/1863Birthplace: Sabine Pass, Tex. His family moved to Beaumont when Higgins was six. He attended school until the fourth grade and then dropped out…

Texas

(Encyclopedia) CE5 TexasTexastĕkˈsəs [key], largest state in the coterminous United States. It is located in the south-central part of the country and is bounded by Oklahoma, across the Red River…