Joseph Eloi Broussard
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Joseph Eloi Broussard
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Joseph Eloi Broussard was a pioneer rice grower and miller in southeast Texas. He was born and grew up near Beaumont, Texas. In 1892 he converted a grist mill into the Beaumont Rice Mill, the first commercially successful rice mill in the state of Texas. He also established an irrigation company to create an irrigation system to support rice agriculture. As a result of his work, the cultivation of rice expanded from 1500 acres locally in 1892 to 400,000 acres in 23 Texas counties by the time of
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American rice mill owner (1866–1956)
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2024-03-11T02:04:08Z
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