Texas Valley A Tropical Magic Garden
The Magic Valley of the Rio Grande in Texas is a year round paradise on the Gulf Coast. It offers palm lined streets, lush groves, diverse outdoor recreation from hunting white wing and quail to surf fishing, deep sea angling and jetty fishing, plus historic Old Mexico nearby.
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History of South Texas Trade Ties Seeks Local Insight
A Brownsville Chamber of Commerce study by Arthur William Pigott examines a controversial past swap involving Texas and a foreign region with U S implications. The report highlights political and economic missteps and suggests lessons for local policy.
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U. S
Texas
Brownsville
Port Isabel History From Spanish Explorers to US Growth
This account traces Port Isabel from early Spanish exploration led by Alfonso de Pineda in 1519 through Mexican War era occupation and US military rule. It notes forts, census figures, early industries, and lists notable residents in the town’s civic life, highlighting the shift from Spanish to American governance and the town’s evolving identity.
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Port Isabel
Alfonso de Pinedas
Jamaica
Gulf
Florida
Panuco River
Old Mexico
Annian
Cristopher Columbus
West Indies
India
Rio de Las Palmas
Rio Grande
Soto la Marina
Brazos Pass
Crown of Spain
Francisco de Garay
Garay
Pineda
Purd
Point Isabel
Taylor
Texas
Union
War Department
Matamoros
Hart
Geo. W. Fletcher
A. W. Bell
Palo Alto
Cook
Richard King
King Ranch
Mr. Vandorn
James Grogan
J Craig
H. M. Rodriguez
Samuel Bangs
Israel Bigelow
Walter H. Dyer
Sheldon & Lyons
Port Isabel Shrimp Industry Shaped Towns fortunes
The Port Isabel shrimp industry has long driven local progress and earned the town the nickname Shrimp Capitol of the World. Early methods used two iron cooking pots and sun drying, with shipments to Galveston New Orleans and Brownsville after rail access arrived in 1870.
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Port Isabel
Point Isabel
Ewing Clark
Galveston
New Orleans
Brownsville
Laguna Madre
Clark Home
J. A. Hockaday
Coastal Hotel
Sugar Cane Boom Attracts Settlers To Valley
In 1909 John C. Kelly of Waco visited the Valley and praised its fertile soil and sugar cane success. His partnership with Henry Pharr of Louisiana formed the Louisiana Rio Grande Sugar Co. work began on the Pharr Canal System, later the water district. A townsite was laid out in 1910, a hotel and canal office rose, the Old City Hall building remains, and by 1911 families moved to land sold by the Kelly-Pharr Co. The hotel later passed to George Linesetter, Pharr’s first mayor.
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Francisco Garay
Our Harbor
St. James Day
Brazos de Santiago
Arm of St. James
America
Port Isabel
Jose de Escandon
Escandon
Rio Grande
John C. Kelly
Waco
Henry Pharr
Louisiana
Kelly
Pharr
Louisiana-Rio Grande Sugar Co
Sugar Company
Kelly-Pharr Co
George Linesetter
Radio Helped Build Cameron County Causeway
A radio communication system kept construction on the 2,225,000 Came ron County causeway on schedule and free of snarls. Beneath Padre Island dunes lies a hard clay base supporting the project.
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Padre Island
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Nueces
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Republic
Zachery Taylor
Fort Polk
Henry Cateora
John Lloyd
Ted Nelson
Elsie Castorina
Jeanerette
Causeway
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