The Texas Rust Belt: How Changing Industry Made Port Arthur a Relic Amidst a Statewide Boom

ION Beaumont
ION Entertainment Network™
Published: Jul 26, 2025 • Views: 6

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Located in the far Southeast corner of Texas along the Louisiana border, Port Arthur is a city built for a boom that busted. Home to ...
Tags: Texas History, Oil Industry, Oil and Gas, Refinery, Refining, Arthur Stillwell, Port Arthur, Port Arthur TX, Abandoned Buildings, Abandoned Places, Ghost Town, Ghost Towns, Ghost Cities, Abandoned, Urban Decay, Detroit, Rust Belt, Economics, Economic Decline, Railroad, Kansas City Southern, KCS, Railroads, Ships, Infrastructure, Abandoned Mansion, Poverty, Texas, East Texas, Spindletop, Hurricanes, Hurricane Harvey, Flooding

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