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He further noted that "there is a constant breeze from
the Gulf and it is one of the most pleasant health inspiring
localities on which my eyes ever turned. It is situated 12
miles north of Sabine Lake."
One of the earliest stores to operate at Green's Bluff
was owned by A.G. and William Swain who paid $100 for a
license to sell merchandise in September of 1840. They were
also deputy collectors for the custom house that collected
fees for the Sabine River trade.
Such good publicity as the writer inithe Galveston News
gave the town must have helped the growth for in 1859 the same
writer said:
"The town is filling up with new comers which already
reaches to nearly 150 families. Regular preaching, good schools,
fully attended, a pleasant and beautiful locality; fine
health - all the constituent elements of Orange."
At the Fourth of July celebration that year he said, "the
town was filled with visitors who ate barbecue and listened
to patriotic speeches that were accompanied by the Orange band,
headed by Professor T. Wiekenewski, a music teacher. Gus
Merriman read the Declaration of Independence and a General
Jackson was the speaker. The celebration ended with a fine
ball and a few empty bottles."
An early account concerning the town appeared in the
same paper and told of a church service in 1857 held in the
Masonic Lodge, so well attended that "though spacious and
filled with seats could not contain the congregation that
thronged through the doors and windows."
According to the story, "Excitment reigned throughout.
Already 38 persons were converted and large numbers still
joining the church. I have never seen so much interest manifested
on the subject of religion anywhere.Sobs - and loud amens rent
the air until everyone fell before the influence like reeds in
a storm."
These church services were conducted by circuit riders such
as Jarvis L. Angel and Thomas W. Rogers, both Methodists. By
1860 there were at least two ministers living in Orange, V.C.
Cannon and John F. Pipkins, also Methodists.
George Pattillo, who enumerated the 1860 Orange County
Social Statistics census wrote: "The Methodists have three
societies in~ theCounty, one circuit rider and one local preacher,
but not one house or church building; school houses and private
homes being used."5
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 17, Number 2, April 1991, periodical, April 1991; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth312877/m1/13/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Orange County Historical Society.