Hurricane Rita
While miraculously no one in Cameron Parish was killed, 38 of it's 40 cemeteries were breached and over 340 caskets and their remains were torn from the ground and scattered into marshes, tree...
- louisiana
- disaster
- cameron parish
- hurricane rita
This is Enough For Me
"ONE DOESN'T ASK OF ONE WHO SUFFERS: WHAT IS YOUR COUNTRY AND WHAT IS YOUR RELIGION? ONE MERELY SAYS, YOU SUFFER, THIS IS ENOUGH FOR ME, YOU BELONG TO ME AND I SHALL HELP YOU" LOUIS...
Dalmeny Estate Wildlife
Submitted by @TweetsBennett
The French River
Submitted by Eric Boelling.
Helen Crandall
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HELEN CRANDALL A VOLUNTEER NURSE WHO DIED IN BERKELEY, CALIF AT HER POST OF DUTY DURING THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC OF 1918 "GREATER LOVE HATH NO NAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN...
- pandemic
- influenza
- 1918
Winfree Baptist Church
The Winfree community originated in 1831 as a ranch of the early Texas settler Abraham Winfree. By 1914, the area had grown in population and the scattered rural churches were not adequate for...
- texas
- church
Rainbow Bridge
The rapid growth of the petrochemical industry in Jefferson and Orange counties in the early 20th century led to increased population in this area. In order to serve escalating transportation...
- texas
- bridge
- wpa
Janis Lyn Joplin
(January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) A native of Port Arthur, famed blues and rock and roll singer Janis Joplin lived here with her family. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1960...
- texas
- music
- rock and roll
- 1960's
- women
The Woodworth House (Rose Hill)
J.H. Baxter of the Griffing Lumber Company built this residence in 1906 for R.H. Woodworth (d.1923). Wide verandas extend beyond the impressive columned portico of the Classic Revival structure....
- texas
- architecture
- historic place
The Four Chaplains
On February 3rd, 1943 as the American troopship Dorchester neared its destination, Greenland, it was torpedoed at 12:55 A.M. by a German submarine. The old ship immediately began to sink. As the...
- wwii
- texas
- hereos