Judith Linsley

Judith Linsley is a researcher for the McFaddin-Ward House, a history instructor at Lamar, a newspaper columnist, and editor of The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record.

TSHA Publications

Giant Under the Hill: A History of the Spindletop Oil Discovery at Beaumont, Texas, in 1901 How did they do it? How did a profligate who killed a deputy sheriff before reforming, a mining engineer who went AWOL from the Austrian navy,...

The McFaddin-Ward House: Life-style and Legacy in Oil-Boom Beaumont, Texas The McFaddin-Ward House, home to the prominent McFaddin family, was built in 1906 in the prestigious neighborhood around Calder Avenue. This...