May 19, 1910

Halley's Comet drops meteorite in northeast Texas

On this day in 1910, a 500-pound meteorite fell to earth outside the northeast Texas community of Charleston during the passage of Halley's Comet. Delta County's most publicized event of the decade (more...)

CAMP SEALE, TX

CAMP SEALE, TEXAS. Camp Seale is east of Farm Road 1276 fifty-five miles northwest of Beaumont in southeastern Polk County. In 1928 the Kirby Lumber Company secured large timber tracts in the area and established Camp Seale as a logging camp. By 1940 the site had a post office and a population of about twenty.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.

Robert Wooster, "CAMP SEALE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrc14), accessed May 19, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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