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T he event, we are told, will arrive as a violent geyser, propelled from underground by brutal …
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T he event, we are told, will arrive as a violent geyser, propelled from underground by brutal …
gulf of mexico on the naches river, beaumont is home to almost 120,000 people, lamar university, and has the remnants of the oil industry in operation here today. >> we are fortunate to have a partner. >> coming up, we explore the area's past as we take you to the site where oil was first disdofrd in texas and to the glad is city boomtown mu super where the discovery of oil is depektd. we will carry the story forward, going to crockett street and dixie hotel, to learn about the outgrowth of the boom era. and to the downtown federal courthouse where landmark civil rights cases were ar...
some way connected to journalism as well as being historians. i think there are great historians who were not academic scholars. i think we would be impoverished if that were not the case. on the other hand, there is a lot of journalistic history that is ridiculous. bill o'reilly's book on lincoln which is the number one best seller. at least the last time i saw. and it's ridiculous. it's as ridiculous as glenn beck, almost. of course, there are also journalists who write terrible history as well. i think the connection between journalism and history strengthens both things and i rea...