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Just Released: New Book About Port Aransas!

Don't wait for summer to delve into the best beach-read around. Get your copy of PAPHA's newest publication, "Hard Heads & Half Gales: Tales from Tarpon, Texas" by Jim Wiggins, and enjoy a day in Port A. This wonderful collection of essays dealing with life on our barrier island will bring back memories, and make you want to return for more! Hard Heads & Half Gales.

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The following items are museum exclusives.  Download an order form today and mail with payment to:

Port Aransas Museum
Attn: Cameron Pratt
P.O. Box 677
Port Aransas, Texas 78373

Mail order pricing includes additional shipping and tax

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Hard Heads and Half Gales; Tales from Tarpon Texas portrays life in Port Aransas during the period between WWII and the early 70s.  Life was pretty laid back in those days, when the streets were oyster shell and dogs ran free.  This is the second book published by PAPHA as part of the Port Aransas History Series.  Printed in the U.S.A.
$49.95 at museum/$60 mail order

 

 

 

Show your support the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association by flying our official burgee.  This beautifully sewn flag will please every sailor in your family!  Made in the U.S.A.
$35 at museum/ $42 mail order.

 

 

 

 

The Farley tarpon boat Tina is the centerpiece of the Farley Boat Works museum collection.  We have reproduced the line drawing of this magnificent boat as an 18” x 24” poster suitable for framing.  Printed with archival inks on archival grade paper, this is the perfect gift for all your nautically inclined friends. (we apologize that the enlarged online image does not reflect the quality of the actual print, which is very crisp).  Unframed.
$25 at museum/$38 mail order.

 

 Own a signed and numbered print of the lovely watercolor, Port Aransas Museum by Lee Ricks, which brought top dollar at our 2012 auction and graced our Old Town Festival literature.  We’ve printed a limited edition of 100 on archival paper with archival inks.  When matted the 10” x 14.5” print will fit a 16” x 20” frame.  It’s the perfect gift for your favorite history buff.  Unframed.
$25 at museum/$38 mail order


 

The Mercer Logs: Pioneer Times on Mustang Island is the highly acclaimed historical journal compiled by the Mercer family between 1866 and 1877, edited by historian John Guthrie Ford (Board Member Emeritus of PAPHA) and published by the museum.  This important book is the ideal gift for anyone smitten by Port Aransas and our rich history.  Printed in the U.S.A.
$49.95 at museum/$60 mail order