Orange County History in Photos
If you a have an article about Orange County or its history, or a photo of an event in Orange County's past and would like to share it with us we will gladly post it on these pages. Please contact me and we will figure out the how-to's. Thanks. Lindsay
Cafe in Orangefield (ca 1922)
Frenzel cafe in Orangefield during boom
Notice mud street
Orangefield
This is the homestead of Mr. Chesson.
He owned all of the land where the
enitial oil strike was made.
He became rich, but said that he would
not sell his holdings,
because of the goats that he had.
Day care World War ll (ca 1944)
Shipyard worker taking child to day care
so she could work in shipyard
Dryden Ferry
Ferry over Neches River between Orange and Port Arthur.
Was discontinued when
Rain Bow bridge completed in 1937
Ferry Landing (ca 1920)
This was the Dryden Ferry that crossed the Neches River
about a half mile
south of the present bridges.
This was the only way that you could get
to Port Arthur
without traveling through Beaumont.
Filling in Orange (ca 1912)
Sand is being pumped into Orange from the Sabine River,
this process
elevated Orange approximately three feet
Farmers Mercantile (ca 1980's)
Gus Harris standing in center
These photos are from the website of Dr. Howard C.
Williams and are used with permission.
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