by John Guthrie FordByrd Lee Minter is shown with a ‘duck hunting buddy’ after a circa 1950s hunt.Byrd Lee Minter: eight year old charter “captain” (rowboat), teenage duck guide/ businessman, spectator to a football field covered by waterfowl, transporter of a Texas...
by John Guthrie FordImage: The SS Mary sunk off the coast of St. Joseph’s Island and resulted in the Coast Guard Station in Port Aransas.The Aransas Pass has allowed Port Aransans to benefit from the sea for a long time. Sport fishing, and its related businesses,...
by John Guthrie FordPhoto: The Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4’s 1959 elevated water tank that held 150,000 gallons.If you have bought rural property, you can appreciate the question, “What is the water source?” That was on the mind of the...
by John Guthrie FordPhoto: This is Roosevelt’s big tarpon, whose signed scale hangs in the Tarpon Inn. Ted Mathews is left of the President, while tall son Elliott Roosevelt helps Barney Farley pose the fish for the paparazzi.Today I will share with you two...