In for hopefully great stories. Lots of history in the coastal towns. I can not remember for the life of me but the Light tower near Port Aransas had something interesting about it. On a fishing charter I took one time the captain told us some pretty interesting facts about it. I have slept a lot since that day and cannot remember
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Originally posted by neskora View PostHad no idea metal detecting was illegal on PINS
https://www.nps.gov/pais/planyourvisit/things2know.htm
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Originally posted by ThisLadyHunts View PostIs this the kind of information you are looking for?
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Ah, yes. I see where you’re going with this. The myths, legends, and lore of these various communities.
I still think the local historical societies might be the place to go to start pulling those threads. They tend to be the elderly offspring of a community‘s founding- or at least long-time members whose families have been there for generations. They know where all the bodies are buried—both literally and figuratively.
I’ll think on it some more, though.
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Lots of cool (and some sad and sobering) side stories about the days leading up to, the night of, and the few days after the Galveston 1900 Hurricane in the book Isaac’s Storm
Obviously not suggesting plagiarism but there were a few that I always thought would be cool to research more to get the entire story
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Originally posted by Quackerbox View Post
There is also a church built by the spanish up the old river we used to visit when I was a kid. At that time only accessible by boat
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Matagorda has alot of history.
Battle Island
Tadmor- http://www.usgenwebsites.org/TXMatagorda/tadmor.htm The Tadmor house was a two story, eight sided house build of concrete. During the civil war union gunboats mistook it for a fort and shelled it. The remains are still there today.
The Matagorda Incident- http://www.usgenwebsites.org/TXMatag...daincident.htm
How Matagorda Bay became East and West Matagorda Bay- https://tpwmagazine.com/archive/2006/jul/ed_5/
The Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse is interesting too. https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=155 I can't imagine living out there back then.
I don't know if this is the kind of stuff you are interested in.
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Originally posted by Coastal Ducks View Post
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Originally posted by hog_down View PostShould have said 'not permitted', see link below. Also nudity is on that list, just a heads up!
https://www.nps.gov/pais/planyourvisit/things2know.htm
Basically anything on public land (city, county, school district, etc) is off limits and any land disturbance on these areas must include some type of archaeological review
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Originally posted by Man View PostActually I shouldn't' have said "historical" in my initial post. Pretty much all historical data is easily accessible and I have combed tons of it for use in other stuff. I guess I was looking for more of a off the grid story/incident thats tied to the coastal town, its bays and waterways. Never hurts to throw out a line and see what I get. Something like..."My dad used to say that the Mob used to sink all their victims cars in Carancuha Bay" or something like that.
I had an old timer tell me during prohibition they had a club on the Matagorda Peninsula where wealthy guys would go for drinking, gambling and prostitution. I don't know that it is true or not. I never have seen anything that would substantiate it. It would have been the perfect location since you had to go by boat and there wasn't any law enforcement around.
I grew up hearing lots of stories about smugglers and smuggling. One about a local guy who disappeared and his plane turned up in South America with bullet holes in it. I also use to hear lots of stories about different shrimpers awho were running drugs. But then that is sorta the way of the coastal town. Always were refuges for those who live on the fringe of society.
Another story was about a painter named Forrest Bess. He lived in Chinquapin as a hermit. He was pretty out there. The story goes that he operated on himself to make himself a hermaphrodite in an attempt to become immortal. You can look up Forrest Bess, he became pretty famous as an artist. It's the other stories about him that are out there.
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Originally posted by Coastal Ducks View Post
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Originally posted by John Paul View PostThat was my first! Indianola, our first road trip that way we found this giant stature of this German guy right on the water. Apparently, that is the landing point when they went up the Gaudalupe River and founded New Braunfels. That area has some great history.
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Originally posted by Pin Oak DXT View PostWhat a great read. I grew up in Matagorda county but had forgotten about this piece of history. I often think how cool it would be to step back in time and experience life in those days. Except for the thought of the mosquitos!
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