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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17SO_rockport-marine-laboratory_Rockport-TX.html
In 1935, Rockport Marine Lab was set up aboard the houseboat "Vivian" in Rockport Harbor to assist the Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission with Fisheries management. In 1947, a permanent lab was built on the harbor, a state of the art facility …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17AE_mills-wharf_Rockport-TX.html
Mills Wharf, built by John Howard Mills in 1932, was a renowned center for waterfowl hunting and fishing from the 1930s until it was sold in 1960. It consisted of cottages, a cook house, a guide service office, a store, a tackle shop, and a unique…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM178Y_the-big-blue-crab_Rockport-TX.html
Rockport's original Big Blue Crab started out on the Del Mar Grill on Austin Street. In 1957, the Grill was run by Dorothy and Sal Silverman, and the specialty was Dorothy's famous crab cakes. The Big Crab was 18 feet wide and 22 feet deep and was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM178X_the-hagars-rockport-cottages_Rockport-TX.html
This property was the site of the famous Rockport Cottages purchased in 1934 by Connie and Jack Hagar from Corsicana, Texas. Jack managed the cottages while Connie (1886-1973) pursued her passion for nature. Birds were Connie's major interest, whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15I6_baldwin-brundrett-house_Rockport-TX.html
Aransas County Judge W.H. Baldwin, who promoted Rockport as a deep water port, lived in this house in the 1890s. George A. Brundrett, Jr., was a Confederate veteran and cattle rancher on 15,000 acres on Matagorda Island; his family lived here from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM155L_the-cedars_Rockport-TX.html
Tourism has been a major part of the Rockport economy for generations, but in the 1920s and 1930s with the rise of the automobile, more visitors began to travel to the area. The Cedars, built in 1928 by Dr. Joe and Mabel Bryant, became a popular t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM140A_fulton-harbor_Rockport-TX.html
Fulton's natural shoreline attracted a flourishing beef processing and distribution industry in the 1860s and 1870s. Piers and docks were built by landowners to facilitate the turtle, fishing, oyster, and shrimping industries. A steady growth bega…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1409_tourist-courts-and-cottages_Rockport-TX.html
In the mid-1920s, a camp known as the "Cool Coast Camp," located just north of Fulton, was promoted as a resort. It boasted tree-shaded cabins and tents, with a 500-foot wharf with an open-air pavilion over the water. In the 1930s, the Village of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1406_fulton-seafood-industry_Rockport-TX.html
Seafood has always been a Fulton staple. As early as the 1880s, commercial fishing for trout, redfish, sheepshead, turtles, and oysters had become significant for Fulton's economy. About 1888, David Rockport Scrivner opened Miller Brothers Fish Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13XQ_shipyards-in-rockport_Rockport-TX.html
Shipbuilding was a natural industry for Rockport. The earliest recorded ship built here was the Connie, constructed in 1880 by Bludworth & Company. The Bludworth family specialized in building pleasure craft and scows. In 1917, World War I prom…
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