William T. Block, Jr. Historian

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Miscellaneous Articles

Isaac Ryan: Lake Charles is Proud of Its Alamo Hero
Rev. John August Tubbe: An Immigrant Farmer, Sawmiller, and Preacher
David Choate, Jr.: A San Jacinto Veteran
James B. Likens: Pioneer East Texas Lawyer and Military Hero
Dr. Lewis S. Owings: A Brief Biography
Thomas Deye Owings of Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas: Frontier Iron-Smelterer and Military Hero
Samuel P. Henry: “Father of Cameron Parish”
Dr. Arrel Pye: A Texas Medical Hero
Pradelles: Albert Gallatin Van Pradelles: Cotton Merchant of Wallisville, Texas
Brothers: Two Brothers and a Brother-In-Law in East Texas
Sailboats: Early River Boats of Southwest Louisiana
Jaguar: Was the “Black Panther” Actually a Jaguar?
Skull Island on Mermentau River: A Slave Ship’s Inhumanity
Black Cat: Black Panthers: Did Such an Animal Ever Exist?
Bear Hunters: The old bear hunters of Hardin County had two things in common...
Boundary: Texas state border relocated east during survey
Immigrants: Why don’t we commemorate brave masses of immigrants?
Shooting death of lumberman still a mystery
Big Cat: Big cat stories in East Texas are numerous but lack proof
E-mail from reader regarding big cats.
Confederate flag remains symbol of hate to many today
Slave Trade: Pirate Lafitte, Bowie dealt in slave trade via SE Texas
Whale gave Port Arthur’s economy boom in early 1900’s
Texas Germanic Heritage: Some Notes
Creative Writing Just for the Hell of It!
William A. Fletcher: For East Texas Historical Journal--A Review by W. T. Block
Wild Family: The Tale of Hardin County's Wild Family
Early Newspapers: Early Southeast Newspapers: History of Yesteryear Recorded in Their Yellowed Pages
Bolivar Peninsula: Scene of Slaving, Smuggling, Filibustering and Farms
A Killer's Trail of Thread: Some Alamo Heroes Fought Twice for Texas
Slave Lucy: Myth of Texas Executions Debunked: Slave Lucy was First Woman to Die
The 'Opelousas Trail:' Bellowing Cows Marked First Trail to New Orleans
Southwest Louisiana History Found in Beaumont Enterprise
Stuart: Hamilton and Benjamin Chambers Stuart: A Century of Distinguished East Texas Journalism and History
The Black Panthers of the Louisiana-Texas Borderlands: Are They Extinct?
German Pilgrims: The Story of Our Texas' German Pilgrims: or Death March to Comal County