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ARANSAS PASS HASoTFRONTRANKAMONGi ■ 1BW,,B ........ in-;l| A~ byteltoCOASTAL TOWNSInfrst'lt;Frarik IF Ifarrlson, special wriUr ,I for the Corpus Chrisil Call 1 Times. .’devoted almost two columns i snace 11 in last Sunday’s issue to the hUory ' . and importance and prosperity of '1 A * a lisas Pass. A eondeuscu veis1on ofVhdihis article appears below:It was back in 1880 that the late : T. B. Wheeler, beloved Texan, with A 1J p number of associates purchased! “ 12.(Mo acres of the T 1’. MeCampbell L ,r j ranch for the sect .r which is now 1 |known as Aransas Pass and adjacent j truck tracts. And with good times hand many discouragements blended | Aransas Pass hits gone along its even 1 r stride to finally be acclaimed as one ' s of the substantial progressive towns | F ,n lof the Texas Coast section. i,n It was the hope and aspiration of y Mr. Wheeler, who in his ft me served n n Texas for two terms as lieutenant | governor, that Aransas Pass would s•nnhe a great deep water port. It is aobi li)f0matter of gratification to those who, * have carried on the fight started by \ j Governor Wheeler that today at liar* j; bor Island, just a scant six (miles j11? ! from Aransas Pass, and at deep wat 11is ier, is a port which the government !111 has said is the largest crude oil ex* AIport port in the world having gained A^ that recognition by wresting suprenr |acv from a California city which for j 1ik i1 1 years held that standing.• iT
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Aransas Pass Progress
Aransas Pass, Texas, US
Thu, Feb 06, 1936
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