Mojave Air & Spaceport
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Bright Angel Trailhead
Holmes Duke House
A native of Carthage, Texas, Holmes Duke came to Beaumont in the late 19th century and purchased property at this site in 1898. Construction on his home began shortly thereafter. Completed in...
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Young Men's Christian Association of Beaumont
The 1901 Spindletop oil boom brought vice, corruption and inadequate housing problems to Beaumont. H. G. Behrman, a young man who was sleeping in a tent in his friend's backyard, met W. M. Lewis,...
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- beaumont
- ymca
First United Methodist Church of Beaumont
In 1839, Methodist Missionary Samuel A. Williams (1810-66) conducted first religious service in Beaumont, followed in 1840 by another Methodist minister, Henry Stephenson (1772-1841), organizer of...
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Young Women's Christian Association Of Beaumont
Established in 1911 with ten members, the Beaumont Young Women's Christian Association was officially chartered three years alter. Meetings were held in the town Temperance Hall until a separate...
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- ywca
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Beaumont
Presbyterian worship services were led in this area by traveling preachers until the Rev. S. F. Tenney and the Rev. W. C. Wallace organized the First Presbyterian Church of Beaumont on...
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Sanders House
Tennessee-born Robert Washington Sanders (1850-1916), a master wood carver, was drawn to Beaumont in 1878 by the newly-emerging lumber industry. He worked in several local lumber mills until 1902,...
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Travis Street Substation
When Gulf States Utilities Company built this Travis Street substation building in 1929, a new era of progress began in Beaumont and all of southeast Texas. Additional farms, homes, and industries...
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- utility
Enterprise-Journal
Near this spot on Nov. 6, 1880, the first Beaumont Enterprise came off the press. This newspaper, founded by John W. Leonard, is southeast Texas' oldest business institution. The Beaumont...
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First National Bank Building
Founded on April 9, 1889, the First National Bank of Beaumont enjoyed an economic revitalization in the 1930s after the area's second major oil boom. A special meeting of the bank's board of...
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- beaumont
- commerce
Noah Tevis
Site of the home of Noah Tevis who came to Texas in 1826 and built his cabin on land not granted until 1835. On a portion of this known as Tevis Bluff, the town of Beaumont was laid out before his...
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- beaumont
The Old Confederate Military Road
The Old Confederate Military Road 1862-1865 in 1862, when the Federal troops captured New Orleans and blockaded the mouth of the Mississippi River. Taylor's army, then in Central...
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- civil war
McMillan Building
Barnette's Landing
CAPTAIN E. T. BARNETTE, A PASSENGER ON THE RIVERBOAT LAVELLE YOUNG, DEBARKED NEAR THIS SITE ON AUGUST 26, 1901 AND ESTABLISHED A TRADING POST WHICH, IN 1902, BECAME KNOWN AS FAIRBANKS
Second Avenue Subway - 96th Street Station
Second Avenue Subway 96th Street Station December 31, 2016 Andrew M. Cuomo Governor, New York State Thomas F. Prendergast Chairman and CEO, MTA Dr. Michael Horodniceanu President, MTA...
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The Carnegie Hill Malls
The Carnegie Hill Malls are funded by the co-ops and condos on Park Avenue and friends of CARNEGIE HILL neighborsSubmitted by @lampbane
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Sarah Sze - Blueprint for a Landscape
Sarah Sze Blueprint for a Landscape 2017 Porcelain tile Fabricated by Sarah Sze Studio, Alcalagres and Estudio Cerámico Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and New York City TransitSubmitted by @lampbane
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- 2017
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Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, Bush Terminal Park
NYS Environmental Protection Fund Local Waterfront Revitalization Program Bush Terminal Park New York City Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Cesar A Perales, Secretary of State Bill de Blasio,...
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- sunset park
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Newtown Creek Nature Walk, Morton Gneiss
The drinking fountain is made of this metaphoric stone that was formed 3.5 billion years ago in the Minnesota River Valley. Morton Gneiss is one of the earth's oldest rocks.Submitted by @lampbane
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