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2024 Gala – Save the Date

2024 Gala – Save the Date

Join us May 4, 2024, for music, a silent auction, a live auction and Good Vibrations!Details: Date:  May 4, 2024 Location: The Tarpon Inn Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Theme: 60s and 70s surf Kick Off Kick off will be at Farley Boat Works on May 3, 2024. We will have a silent...

Cliff Strain Receives the Daniel E. Kilgore Local History Award

Cliff Strain Receives the Daniel E. Kilgore Local History Award

Congratulations to Cliff Strain, Director of the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association, for being awarded the 2022-2023 Daniel E. Kilgore Local History Award by the Nueces County Historical Society. He received the award at the society’s annual banquet...

Charles Lewis Ferguson (1947-2023)

Charles Lewis Ferguson (1947-2023)

Farley Boat Works lost a treasured volunteer last week. Charles Ferguson, age 75, transitioned to the spirit world in the arms of loved ones on May 5, 2023. Charles, a longtime resident of Port Aransas, Texas, was a bold, gentle, and heroic figure. His kind...

Mary Jo O’Rear: The Magnificence of the Coastal Bend

Mary Jo O’Rear: The Magnificence of the Coastal Bend

As part of the Museum’s 2023 Winter Lecture Series, Mary Jo O'Rear spoke on Feb. 20 about the reasons why she considers the Coastal Bend a great place to live through its geologic history, flora and fauna. She also discussed hurricanes and building defensive sea...