2012 Winter Lecture Series

Every winter the Port Aransas Museum presents a series of lectures dealing with all aspects of Port Aransas History, from new finds to how we deal with all the information we gather.

Join us Monday, February 27 at 7 p.m. for our next presentation by historian Guthrie Ford as he tells us about: The Mercer Logs. For more information go to the News & Events/Upcoming Events tab.

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A Brief History of “Mathew’s Place” and the Waterfront of Port Aransas

By Marcy Mathews Ward Thomas
3-15-1992, as prepared for Terry Stinson and his mom, Virginia Corn
Conclusion [Part 1 was published in last month's edition of the newsletter]
Sim opened the “Silver King Café” in January of 1929.  In June of that year, his 8-year-old son, Beany, drowned off the front of the main wharf.  Sim closed [...]

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Port Theater Movie Listings

Port Theater Movie Listings

Movies you could see at the Port Theater in August 1960 in Port Aransas.
 

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The Curved North Jetty: Quixotic or Just Queer? ©

The Curved North Jetty: Quixotic or Just Queer? ©

John Guthrie Ford
I once saw the curved north jetty as quixotically romantic: like the curving Karankawa Indian bow, standing against the wild Texas coast. That sentiment waned once I learned the story of this queer structure. To me, it is now a 9,241 foot example of how inept and foolish we human beings can be. [...]

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Local Treasure Stories by John Guthrie Ford

Local Treasure Stories by John Guthrie Ford

Five treasure stories are told on this part of the Texas coast. Three are true and two are legends; let us begin with the latter.
Jean Lafitte and his crew spent time on the Texas coast. (Factually, Galveston was the Lafitte base from 1817 to 1820.) It is believed that this buccaneer buried a cache of [...]

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