William Perry Herring McFaddin

William Perry Herring McFaddin (1856-1935), known as Perry, was a rancher and early landowner in the early years of Beaumont, Texas. Under William McFaddin, the McFaddin Ranches of Beaumont reached their greatest extent. cite web
title = McFaddin Ranches
work = The Handbook of Texas Online
url = http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/MM/apm6.html
accessdate = 2007-03-04 ] The Spindletop oil gusher was located on land leased from McFaddin. The site of Port Arthur, Texas, was purchased from McFaddin by Arthur Edward Stilwell. cite book
last = Rienstra
first = Ellen Walker
coauthors = Linsley, Judith Walker
title = Historic Beaumont: An Illustrated History
publisher = Historical Publishing Network
date = 2003
pages = 38
id = 1893619281] cite web
title = McFaddin, William Perry Herring
work = The Handbook of Texas Online
url = http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/MM/fmc48.html
accessdate = 2007-03-04 ] Former pieces of the McFaddin Ranches now make up Sea Rim State Park, the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, and the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area. The McFaddin-Ward House was erected on his homestead and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.cite web
title = McFaddin-Ward House
work = The Handbook of Texas Online
url = http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/MM/lbm7.html
accessdate = 2007-03-05 ] cite web
title = McFaddin House Complex
work = Texas Historical Commission
url = http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/shell-county.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-05 ]

Quotes

"Sister, don't give up the land.They are not making land anymore."W.P.H. McFaddin, quoted by Mamie McFaddin Wardin the Beaumont Enterprise (Feb. 1961)

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