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Point Isabel to Brownsville: Rise of a Port City Fantasy
The piece traces Point Isabel's decline after Brownsville's railroad push shifted trade from water to rail. It notes wrecked ships, vanishing cargo, and fading fortunes, then recounts postwar plans to reimagine a deep water port and a modern city under Tyrrell and partners.
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BF. Yoakum
Uriah Lott
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Point Leaber
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