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The original version of the sausage is still sold at the meat market. [15] In 1983, a fire was caused by a bottle rocket firework on the roof of the restaurant, which caused the Bracewells to consider relocating. [13] It moved to a new location on U.S. Route 290 in 1992, [3] after which some customers felt the quality decreased. [15]
Port Arthur is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, 90 mi (140 km) east of Houston. Part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, Port Arthur lies primarily in Jefferson County, with a small extension in Orange County. The largest oil refinery in the United States, the Motiva Refinery, is located there. [4]
The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area is a three-county region in Southeast Texas. The metropolitan area shares borders with the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area to the west and the Lake Charles metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Louisiana to the east. The area is also known as the Golden Triangle.
Port Acres is an area of Port Arthur, Texas, United States that used to be a distinct unincorporated community in eastern Jefferson County. The community is between Texas State Highway 73 and Farm to Market Road 365 and west of Downtown Port Arthur. [1] In 1923 Tyrrell-Combest Company of Beaumont platted the community on land owned by J. M ...
Thompson and Hughes bought four stores as partners in the 1960s. During the early 1970s they obtained former A&P, Kroger and Weingarten's stores in Lake Charles, Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange. In 1983, Bruce Thompson purchased Hughes’ interest in their jointly held corporation.
La Michoacana Meat Market is a Hispanic-themed chain of Hispanic specialty stores and grocery stores in the United States, headquartered in Spring Branch, [1] Houston, Texas. [2] Rafael Ortega heads the chain, which has about 135 stores. [ 3 ]
The city was originally named Prairie View, as it was located on the coastal grasslands of the upper Texas coastline. But in 1938, the Port Arthur-Orange Bridge (now known as the Rainbow Bridge) was built, and the unincorporated area took on the name "Bridge City". Despite several previous attempts, the city did not incorporate until 1970.
In 1895 Port Arthur was founded, and the southwestern edge of the lake was channelized from Sabine Pass to Port Arthur in 1899, forming the Port Arthur Canal. [3] The discovery of petroleum under Spindletop in 1901 began the Texas oil boom and caused rapid economic growth in nearby Beaumont, prompting interest in expanding the region's canal ...