Texas Disasters and Environment, All Things Historical, East Texas Historical Columns. (original) (raw)
"ALL THINGS HISTORICAL"
A weekly column syndicated in 70 East Texas newspapers
by
Bob Bowman &
Archie P. McDonald, PhD
Disasters & Environment
- The Emporia Mystery by Bob Bowman 3-29-06
In the early 1900s, an explosion and fire spread throughout the old Emporia sawmill in south Angelina County. An estimated 30 sawmill workers, most of them black, are believed to have perished in the conflagration... - New London School Explosion by Archie P. McDonald 9-25-06
Dr. Bobby H. Johnson, my long-time colleague at Stephen F. Austin State University, has written a play based on the New London School Explosion which occurred on March 18, 1937... - A Tragedy's Museum by Bob Bowman 3-14-05
New London Museum - The Mittie Stephens Disaster by Archie P. McDonald 2/13/04
A steamboat disaster in Caddo Lake - The Lost Forest by Bob Bowman 5/10/02
- New London School Explosion by Archie P. McDonald 12/15/01
- The Galveston Storrn by Archie P. McDonald 8/19/01
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