Coastal Town Lore

[Capt Glenn]

****!!!

I remember the blimp well. It seems we was told it was for the "weather" but the place had a high fence and an office without a single window.

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No, not for weather. They had a string of them all the way down the whole gulf coast, up the rio grande and around thru Arizona. It was a federal project. They were 100% for catching drug traffickers.

[Capt Glenn]

When I was in high school, one of my dad’s buddies had a shack out on the peninsula and asked me if I wanted to fly out with him and check on the house which his son was staying in while we were in town, we flew over and walked in to the house , and his son was
Sitting in a reclining chair with a bowl of cereal in his lap and a Syringe in his arm dead as a hammer from a OD
Sorry no lore but you triggered up a memory about that place

Yeah, that sucks. Where were they from?

[Gigem2019]

Have no way of verifying the veracity of this story, maybe some of you know whether it is true or not.

An old salt down in Galveston once told me some stories about a confederate POW camp that held Yankees was established out in the marsh around Cold Pass (San Luis Pass area). Could be plausible given the civil war history in the bays.

[Quackerbox]

No, not for weather. They had a string of them all the way down the whole gulf coast, up the rio grande and around thru Arizona. It was a federal project. They were 100% for catching drug traffickers.

I have no doubt. Didnt make sense for weather

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[S-3 Ranch]

Yeah, that sucks. Where were they from?

Port O’Connor, we took off from poco on a grass strip and went out landed on a old cement air base, only time to go out to it

[MisterSanders]

I live in Anahuac(Ana-Wack). It’s actually where the Texas Revolution started. William Travis was thrown in jail by the Mexicans, and a few boys from here started a fight, and got him out. They’re building a statue of Travis, and one my kin that started the fight. Lots of historical markers and a small museum as well!

Karankawa injuns set up shop here, and Jean Lafitte used to hide out here. Jackson & Barrow ranches are here! Also lots of German POW’s were here, put to work in the rice fields.

Also, I own an rv park, right next door, with cabins! Come check it out!

[Jet Black]

This thread is awesome. Keep the stories coming guys.