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John W. Leonard founded the initial Enterprise as a weekly newspaper in 1880. [3] It became a daily under editor W.W. McLeod in 1896 or 1897, to compete with crosstown rival Beaumont Journal [4] (founded 1889). [5] In 1907, William P. Hobby became manager and part owner of the Enterprise [6] and bought the paper outright in 1920, [7] while ...
He was the publisher/owner of the Beaumont Enterprise when he entered politics and the Democratic Party. Elected in 1914 as Lieutenant Governor of Texas, in 1917 he succeeded to become 27th Governor of the U.S. state of Texas, after James Edward "Pa" Ferguson was impeached and forced to resign. In 1918, Hobby won the office in his own right ...
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The Jasper Newsboy is a part of the Beaumont Enterprise, a Hearst Corporation, also owners of the Houston Chronicle. It is distributed in the Jasper trade area, which includes parts of Jasper, Newton , Sabine and Tyler counties.
1936 – Beauxart Gardens housing for urban poor created near Beaumont (approximate date). 1943 – June: Beaumont race riot of 1943. [13] 1943–1944 – Beaumont served as a stand-in for Paris, France for Royal Air Force airmen cadets flying on frequent training missions from their base in Terrell, Texas. [14] 1950 – Population: 94,014. [6]
The Examiner is an investigative weekly newspaper based in Beaumont, Texas published by the Examiner Corporation. It calls itself "The Independent Voice of Southeast Texas ". [ 1 ] The paper was founded in 1996 and its staff has been awarded a variety of local, state and national awards.