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Port Arthur is in the heart of Texas's oil country but my primary knowledge of it is in conjunction with my interest in the American Civil War. In 1862, the Union government tried to blockade all of the Confederate coast. Sabine Pass was one of the keys to closing the Texas coast.

  • Last visit to Port Arthur: Sep 2002
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