Port Arthur

The racial composition of Port Arthur includes 42.35% Black or African American, 19.39% White, 14.9% other race, 4.46% Asian, and smaller percentages for Native American and multiracial populations.

The short answer is that Russia's goals were to hold what they had: Port Arthur , and economic domination of Manchuria . Port Arthur was a valuable warm water port with access to the Pacific, and easily defended. Manchuria had become closely controlled by Russia economically, and de facto, politically.

Over its long history, Port Arthur has been a place of hardship and punishment, a place of opportunity, and a place of leisure. Now it is one of Australia's most important heritage destinations, where the story of Australia's colonial history is written in stone and brick.

Celebrities from Port Arthur Allen Shivers, Olympic athlete Babe Zaharias, football coach Jimmy Johnson, football player Joe Washington, Jr., “Gone With the Wind” actress Evelyn Keyes and businessman Mack H. Hannah, Jr. These and many others are honored in the Museum of the Gulf Coast.