Photographs
Most of these photographs are sized in squares but are linked to originals.Will Beauchamp's Collection
Courthouse & Restoration
Bonnie Handly Station's Clareville Collection
William Montgomery Family
John Daniell Nichols Family
Places
Beeville, TX, 1910 Baseball Team
Taken from the SW Orange Growers magazine
Indian Look-Out Tree
This old oak was where the Indian lookout was perched when the Pettus town folk (or posse) caught up with them and the last Indian fight of Bee County occurred. It's located on the north side of FM-798 in north Bee County.
It is not clear if the lookout or Indian camp dogs alerted them of the Pettus groups' arrival but is said they were caught off guard. The skirmish occurred from this tree to the southeast over open prairie amongst scattered oak trees. Most of the fight occurred on foot.
In the late 1970's we had cattle with Mr. Fox who pointed out these features when driving the pasture. The tree is on private property with different landowners now. Source: Will Beauchamp
<-- Picture of an early Beeville parade scene.
Bee County Fall Festival Carnival, 2003 -->
<- - Friends gather for a picture in Clareville about 1910. L-R: Jim Naylor, Albert M. Handly, Jr. (on buggy) & Effert Uzzell. A.M. Handly was the gr-grandfather of Wm. Beauchamp. Will's grandmother, Winona Bee (Handly) Matheson allowed him to copy the original.
Verna Ethel Culpepper was born 24 Dec 1900, in Bee County and died 6 Jul 1984. Photo taken in 1918 at Bee County. -->