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Port Isabel Press in Port Isabel, Texas

18 Dec 1955

Page 11

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Port Isabel Press

Location

Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1955

Page

11

Texas Its History facts and Texas governance questions

A digest of trivia from Texas history covering governors ages and oath times, tallest governor Albert Horton, salaries past 1842, wax plant candilla, cattle counts Texas versus Montana, Roy Bean’s Langtry site, archival records dating to the Republic, and Comptroller counts and offices. It cites Adair and Coats, and notes locations in Austin and Winston Company publication.

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Texas Adair and Coats John C. Winston Co Philadelphia A. Albert C. Horton P. Henderson U. S Mexico Stakehouse Statehood Commission Texas Heritage Foundation Sle Capital National Bank Gammers Laws of Texas Ropenties Montana Roy Bean Langtry S. P Pecos
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Port Isabel’s Golden Age and the 1930s turmoil

The article recalls the 1850s Port Isabel townsite, renamed from Point Isabel in 1930 to its port status, and the inflation bust that stalled development. It notes bankruptcy drew ownership into courts, public debate over history, and a broader oil industry context with two million workers mentioned.

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Point Isabel Port Isabel
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A. C. Hipp E. Frenton Brownsvile Pt. Isabel J. R. Hardee Shrimp Company Buyers & Shippers Brownsville C9, Inc Lincoln Happy H.K. Clint Pat Moor Brownsville Investment Ard Trust Mid BE. Wash Joe Garret Joe Kidd Family Investment and Trust W. van Buren Harlingen Texas Quiz By A. Garland Adair A. Bascom Giles General Land Office Brewster County Miguel de la O Ramon de la O Comptroller State Capitol Austin State of Texas Dix Contracting Stevedores R. L Dick) Ostos Brownsville, Texas George Sheppard Comptroller's Department Rio Grande Brooks Central Drugs Walgreen Agency E. Elizabeth Garvin Elrod Dial Garvin
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