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Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the Gulf Coast.Lamar University with its 15000 students is located in Beaumont...
Timeline of Events
1901
1.10.1901
The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1943
6.19.1943
Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas.
2005
9.24.2005
Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.