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How Port Arthur Became the Official Cajun Capital of Texas

September 21, 2023 | By John Lumpkin

Port Arthur is known to some for petrochemicals, Gulf Coast hurricanes, and being the hometown of rock star Janis Joplin and Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson.

Fun Begins with Roux

August 16, 2014 | By Rob McCorkle

The “Down the Bayou Cooking” banner strung above Zachary Taylor’s booth in an oak motte in the hills above Medina Lake draws me like a crawfish to a piece of dangling chicken neck.

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