Wednesday April 4, 2012 marked the occasion of the annual dinner for the Port Aransas Museum docents. Docent coordinator Pepper Pendzinski planned the evening to honor the priceless contribution of our fine volunteers who run the show during open hours and field every imaginable question about Port Aransas and it’s history. Their combined efforts amounted to [...]
By Rick Pratt
Our marvelous and immensely valuable database of historical photos of Port A has grown to 10,000! This astounding milestone is the sole accomplishment of Mark Creighton, the museum archivist. He has been steadily building this collection for more than 20 years now and what a gem it is. The museum exhibits are based largely on [...]
Mark Creighton recently contacted the Port Aransas High School, found an interested faculty member and sold her on the idea of supporting the Museum by having students transcribe the oral histories that are now in our archives.
Claire Jones started with recordings about the Ferry System and an interview of Melvin Littleton Sr. done in 1982. [...]
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