Articles

W. T. Block

Newspapers

1970's

"New Chapter In History of Sabine Pass Written" Port Arthur News, August 2, 1970.
"Legend of Two Old Cannons" Port Arthur News, August 29, 1970.
"Versatility Was Proud Boast of Area Civil War Outfit," Port Arthur News, October 11, 1970.
"Where Was Fort Grigsby?" Midcounty Chronicle, November 23, 1970.
"Calcasieu Pass Victory, Heroism Equal Dowling’s," Port Arthur News January 3, 1971.
"Fort Griffin Myths Exploded," Port Arthur News, January 24, 1971.
"Some Early Doctors," Port Arthur News, serialized June 20, 21, 22, 23, 1972.
"K. D. Keith, Confederate Hero of Sabine Pass," Port Arthur News, January 2, 1974, p.16.
"Area’s Role in Texas Revolution," Beaumont Enterprise, March 30, 1974 p. 7a.
"Sabine Lake Focal Point of African Slave Trade," Beaumont Enterprise, April 4, 1974, p 4b.
"Scrappy Kate Dorman Left Her Mark," Beaumont Enterprise, August 18, 1974.
"The Cottonclad Gunboat Uncle Ben" Beaumont Enterprise, October 24, 1974.
"When Southeast Texas Mail Had Four Feet," Beaumont Enterprise, August 17, 1975.
"First Sqt. H. N. Connor, Sabine Pass’ Confederate Diarist," Beaumont Enterprise, August 22, 1976, p 4d.
"Swiss Engineer Built Sabine’s Defenses," Beaumont Enterprise, October 4, 1976, p. 2a.
"Day of Agony at Sabine Pass," Beaumont Enterprise, January 9, 1977, p. 9d.
"Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana," Beaumont Enterprise, May 6, 1977, p. 1d.
"The First Historian of Beaumont," Beaumont Enterprise, May 27, 1977, p. 11c.
"Indian Homeland in Old Port Neches" Beaumont Enterprise, June 30, 1977, p. 4d.
"Sabine Lighthouse Withstood Hurricanes," Beaumont Enterprise, July 3, 1977, p. 6a.
"McKinney Was Neches River Cotton Merchant," Beaumont Enterprise, July 5, 1977, p 7a.
"Escape From Murderous Yocum Gang," Beaumont Enterprise, December 25, 1977, p. 9g.
"Early Newspapers Tell Area’s History," Beaumont Enterprise, January 1, 1978, p. 10a.
"Woman Defended Lafitte," Beaumont Enterprise, January 22, 1978, p. 3d.
"Killer Hurricanes Still Haunt Coast" Beaumont Enterprise, February 19, 1978, p. 3d.
"When Moby Dick Came To Port Arthur: 200,000 Saw Whale," Beaumont Enterprise, February 21, 1978.
"Lafitte Legends in Calcasieu Parish" Beaumont Enterprise, April 16, 1978, p. 11ff.
"Orange’s Hanging Tree," Beaumont Enterprise, May 30, 1978, p. 3a.
"Crazy Ben Dollivar’s Odd Cache," Beaumont Enterprise, July 5, 1978, p. 2a.
"Mystery of Eliza Pavel’s Grave," Beaumont Enterprise, August 24, 1978, p. 2b.
"Beaumont Became City Before Oil," Beaumont Enterprise, September 3, 1978, p. 12f.
"Myth of Texas Executions Debunked," Beaumont Enterprise, September 13,1978, p. 9c.
"Beaumont’s Marble Corpse," Beaumont Enterprise September 24, 1978, p. 7a.
"Rails Gave Life to Sawmill Towns," Beaumont Enterprise, November 24, 1978.
"The Neches River Cotton Steamboats: A Romantic Interlude," Beaumont Enterprise, November 26, 1978, p. 13e.
"Dreamers Quest For East Texas Oil," Beaumont Enterprise, December 27, 1978, p. 2a.
"Fletcher’s Buried Treasure" Beaumont Enterprise, January 2, 1979, p. 3a.
"Ice Skaters Glided on Sabine Lake," Beaumont Enterprise, January 21, 1979, p 9a.
"The Night That Johnson's Bayou, LA Died," Beaumont Enterprise, October 10, 1979, p. 4b.

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