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He was a resident of Beaumont, Texas, where he owned and operated the Harley Davidson and Suzuki Dealerships. Byars' father, Ray Byars, opened his first business in 1918 where it evolved over three years into the first Harley-Davidson dealership of East Texas . [ 2 ]
On June 2, 2000, John Paul II appointed Guillory bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont. He was installed on July 28, 2000. [4] Guillory was the first African American bishop to lead a Texas diocese and the first Beaumont bishop to belong to a religious congregation. He remained a member of the Society of the Divine Word, but an active bishop was ...
Archie Philip McDonald (November 29, 1935–August 16, 2012) was an American historian with a focus on the history of Texas.He served as director of the East Texas Historical Association as well as editor of the East Texas Historical Journal, from 1971 until his 2008 retirement, a 37 year span.
John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985.
Beaumont is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.It is the seat of government of Jefferson County, [5] within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about 85 miles (137 km) east of Houston (city center to city center).
Harry James, trumpet player and band leader who played in the Beaumont High School band while still in junior high [19] John Holmes Jenkins, 1958 – Texas historian and author [20] Alan J. Magill, 1972 – leader of Gates Foundation program to eradicate malaria until death in 2015 [21]
In 2011, The Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise unearthed a few amazing Thanksgiving recipes printed Nov. 21, 1932, in a predecessor newspaper called The Beaumont Journal. ... Cranberry sauce today comes ...
History of the Texas Press and the Texas Press Association (Dallas: Harben-Spotts, 1929) Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Newspapers and Radio", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, pp. 120– 124, hdl:2027/mdp.39015002677667 – via HathiTrust; Works Progress Administration (1941).