![]() ![]() Still, it was easy to imagine the drillers’ excitement that day as they watched oil shooting hundreds of feet into the air from that gusher for 9 days. Before anyone worries about pollution, the staged eruption was water, oil would be too expensive not to mention messy. It fired a stream about 200 feet into the sky. Museum director, Troy Gray, caused Spindletop to erupt for me. What had been a small lumber town of 9,000, boomed almost overnight to 40,000 speculators, job seekers, and fortune hunters swarmed to Beaumont.Īt the entrance to the Gladys City Museum, there is a replica of Spindletop, a full sized oil derrick. Spindletop and Gladys City Museum recreate what happened on Januwhen the world’s economy changed forever. I was soon to see how all that wealth came to be concentrated in Beaumont and Port Arthur. Yount’s wealth helped build other Beaumont architectural treasures like the Jefferson Theatre, Goodhue Building, Jefferson County Courthouse, and former City Hall, now the Julie Rogers Theatre. Yount named it in honor of his daughter, Mildred, who Time Magazine designated as the richest little girl in the world. The building is worth a visit for the architecture and history. The demand grew so she moved into the Mildred Building and began serving lunch in a Texas Historic Landmark built in 1930 by Miles Frank Yount. Katharine Carmichael started the Katharine and Company in 1997 as a catering business providing an alternative of farm fresh food instead of fast food. Being a chocoholic, I had to have the brownie but the Cream Brulé almost convinced me. Of course I chose the half sandwich so I could save room for dessert. I enjoyed the chicken salad sandwich with red grapes, celery and mayo on focaccia, a side of black-eyed pea and corn salad and tomato basil soup. First Thursday is a Beaumont tradition with art, music, and all the shops staying open on the first Thursday of each month. It is only open for lunch except for one Sunday brunch a month and the First Thursday on Calder, when they do dinner. Katharine and Company is one of those places locals know about but visitors need to dig to find. We headed for lunch at Katharine and Company while planning our exciting days ahead. I drove into Beaumont and met Mallory Cross with the Convention and Visitors Bureau for my hosted visit. Two Texas cities-Beaumont and Port Arthur-filled the bill. I was on the last stretch of a road trip that traveled between Florida and Santa Fe and needed something really special to end the trip. Roadtripping to Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas With so many things to see and do, Kathleen Walls from Global Highways and Byways helps you sort it all out with her tips on how to visit Beaumont-Port Arthur. If your Southwest itinerary happens to travel across Texas, don’t miss Beaumont-Port Arthur. In our opinion, the American Southwest is best experienced on a road trip. ![]()
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