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Beeville, Texas
Beeville is a city in Bee County, Texas, United States. Its population of 13,543 at the 2020 census makes it the 207th-largest city in Texas. It is the county seat of Bee County and home to the main campus of Coastal Bend College. The area around the city contains three prisons operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Many of the stately homes, commercial buildings, and schools in the area, including the Bee County Courthouse, were designed by architect William Charles Stephenson, who came to Beeville in 1908 from Buffalo, New York. Beeville is a national Main Street city. Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, and his son Lincoln, lived in the city during the time Rushmore was being sculpted.
The original and official site on the Poesta River was first settled by the Burke, Carroll, and Heffernan families in the 1830s. Present-day Beeville was established on 150 acres (61 ha) of land donated by Ann Burke in May 1859, after the United States annexed the Republic of Texas. It was first named "Maryville" for pioneer Mary Heffernan. It was renamed Beeville after Barnard E. Bee, Sr., who had served as secretary of state and secretary of war for the Republic of Texas. It was called Beeville-on-the-Poesta, with another community, Beeville-on-the-Medio, 7 mi (11 km) to the west. The first post office opened in 1859.
In 1886, the first railroad was constructed through Beeville, stimulating the growth of the economy and population. The Southern Pacific Transportation Company operated these railroads until the early 1970s.
In September 1942, Alfred Irving, who is believed to be one of the final chattel slaves in the United States, was freed at a farm near Beeville. Alex L. Skrobarcek and his daughter, Susie, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Laredo, Texas on November 9, 1942. The pair were found guilty in federal court in Corpus Christi on March 18, 1943. Alex Skrobarcek was sentenced to four years in prison, and Susie Skrobarcek two years.
The United States Navy operated the Beeville Naval Air Station, which trained Navy airplane pilots during World War II from 1943 to 1946. The base reopened in 1952 as Naval Air Station Chase Field, continuing in operation until 1992.
Beeville was served by Trans-Texas Airways during the 1950s; it operated scheduled passenger flights with Douglas DC-3 propeller airliners from Chase Field to Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Houston, San Antonio, and other destinations in Texas.
In 1967, the town was inundated by 30 inches (760 mm) of rain during Hurricane Beulah.
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Beeville, Texas
Beeville is a city in Bee County, Texas, United States. Its population of 13,543 at the 2020 census makes it the 207th-largest city in Texas. It is the county seat of Bee County and home to the main campus of Coastal Bend College. The area around the city contains three prisons operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Many of the stately homes, commercial buildings, and schools in the area, including the Bee County Courthouse, were designed by architect William Charles Stephenson, who came to Beeville in 1908 from Buffalo, New York. Beeville is a national Main Street city. Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, and his son Lincoln, lived in the city during the time Rushmore was being sculpted.
The original and official site on the Poesta River was first settled by the Burke, Carroll, and Heffernan families in the 1830s. Present-day Beeville was established on 150 acres (61 ha) of land donated by Ann Burke in May 1859, after the United States annexed the Republic of Texas. It was first named "Maryville" for pioneer Mary Heffernan. It was renamed Beeville after Barnard E. Bee, Sr., who had served as secretary of state and secretary of war for the Republic of Texas. It was called Beeville-on-the-Poesta, with another community, Beeville-on-the-Medio, 7 mi (11 km) to the west. The first post office opened in 1859.
In 1886, the first railroad was constructed through Beeville, stimulating the growth of the economy and population. The Southern Pacific Transportation Company operated these railroads until the early 1970s.
In September 1942, Alfred Irving, who is believed to be one of the final chattel slaves in the United States, was freed at a farm near Beeville. Alex L. Skrobarcek and his daughter, Susie, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Laredo, Texas on November 9, 1942. The pair were found guilty in federal court in Corpus Christi on March 18, 1943. Alex Skrobarcek was sentenced to four years in prison, and Susie Skrobarcek two years.
The United States Navy operated the Beeville Naval Air Station, which trained Navy airplane pilots during World War II from 1943 to 1946. The base reopened in 1952 as Naval Air Station Chase Field, continuing in operation until 1992.
Beeville was served by Trans-Texas Airways during the 1950s; it operated scheduled passenger flights with Douglas DC-3 propeller airliners from Chase Field to Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Houston, San Antonio, and other destinations in Texas.
In 1967, the town was inundated by 30 inches (760 mm) of rain during Hurricane Beulah.
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