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Danforth land sales, and which was dismantled after being damaged by several tropical storms.Mr. and Mrs. Boeckle, whocame to the United Statessoon after the turn of thecentury, settled in this area Iin 1912. Their first home wasbuilt several miles from thebay. Mr. Boeckle set out anorchard, a good-sized vine- fyard, and cultivated a truck farm.Then Mr. and Mrs. Boeckle began their labor of love which culminated in the erection of the castle. The couple occupied the new home untilMr. Boeekle’s death in 1943.1 Mrs. Boeckle continued to re-1side there until her health became frail, and she spent I her latter years in the home I of her daughter.The old house has been occupied for the past several I years by Bill Mircovich, a I grandson of the builders, and I his wife and three children, I A link with the past is I gone. Hail and farewell toll the ingenuity, the artistry I and craftsmanship of pioneers I who fashioned an object of I interest to delight the eyes I of passers-by for well over a I quarter of a century. I
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Aransas Pass Progress
Aransas Pass, Texas, US
Wed, Mar 22, 1961
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