The Story of Beaumont
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Foreword
The Covered Wagon
Beginnings of Beaumont
The First Wedding
A Love Story
La Salle's Grave
Early River Trading
Naming the Town
How Beaumont Streets Got Their Names
Homes of Early Days
The First Cotton in Texas
The Acadians
The Black Bean
Boy Feud
The Alligator Circuit
The Late Train
Beaumont in the Wars
The Newspaper Comes
Spindletop, The Wonder Oil Field
Boom Days
Industries That Built the City
Lumber, The City's First Stepping Stone
Providence Rice
"Thirty Feet to the Gulf"
Its Government
Gifts to the City
Where Beaumont Plays
A Living Landmark
Gleanings from Beaumont's Book of Life
Beaumont's Yard Stick
Index
List of Illustrations
About the Author
Copyright Questions
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The Story of Beaumont - by Florence Stratton (1925)
The Story of Beaumont
by Florence Stratton
pub. 1925, The Hercules Publishing and Printing Company, Houston, Texas
Converted to HTML by Tom Cloud (2004).
With thanks to Norman West of Vidor for the loan of the book.
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