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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CX_port-bay-hunting-and-fishing-club_Rockport-TX.html
Danish native Andrew Sorenson (1864-1941), established a reputation as a hunting and fishing guide in this area in the early 20th century. He bought 240 acres of land (.5 mi. W) in 1909 and in 1912 incorporated the private Port Bay Hunting and Fis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CW_frandolig-island_Rockport-TX.html
Dubbed "Nine Mile Point" by early settlers, this island was first used commercially by the Cushman Meat Packing Company in the late 1860s. Austrian Franz Joseph Frandolig, a horseman who had delivered cattle to Cushman & Co., homesteaded property …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CL_fulton-bruhl-house_Rockport-TX.html
Built about 1868, this vernacular early Texas home was purchased in 1872 by James C. Fulton, a noted early business and civic leader. Fulton sold the home in 1907 to his son-in-law, Albert L. Bruhl, a pharmacist and civic leader who served three t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CK_first-national-bank-of-rockport_Rockport-TX.html
Chartered on October 8, 1890, the First National Bank of Aransas Pass (now Rockport) was organized by a group of businessmen led by John H. Traylor, James M. Hoopes, George W. Fulton, Jr., James C. Fulton, and Richard H. Wood. Located at Main and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CJ_bracht-house_Rockport-TX.html
Adolph L. Bracht (1872-1961) was born in Rockport and worked at lumber and grocery stores before establishing his own wholesale and retail grocery in 1899. He was a charter member of the Intracoastal Canal Association and active in the Chamber of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CI_aransas-county-veterans-memorial_Rockport-TX.html
(center panel)Some gave some · Some gave all
In loving memoryof our fallen heroesof Aransas County
Erected Nov. 11, 1984bythe Rockport American G. I. ForumChapter 324-F, TexasJose "Pepe" Zambrano, ChairmanSantiago Martinez, vice-Chair…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CH_cementerio-san-antonio-de-padua_Aransas-Pass-TX.html
According to local lore, George Lewis (1859-1895) donated one-half acre of land at this site to the Hispanic citizens of the area for use as a cemetery, provided that he be buried in the center of the land. Handmade stones indicate burials dating …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CG_moore-house_Rockport-TX.html
Built in 1906, this house was the vision of James Edward (J. Ed) and Josephine Kennedy Moore. The two were married from 1903 until 1915, when Josephine passed away. J. Ed was a business owner who served several terms as Rockport's mayor between th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10BT_stella-maris-chapel_Rockport-TX.html
Irish immigrant James W. Byrne (1787 - 1865), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, was an early settler of this area. He established the town of Lamar and with his wife Harriet, sold land on Aransas Bay to the Catholic Church for a chapel site. Byrn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10BP_the-lamar-cemetery_Rockport-TX.html
This burial ground originally served pioneer settlers of the Lamar community. Founded by James W. Byrne (d. 1865), a native of Ireland and a veteran of the Texas Revolution, it was named for his friend Mirabeau B. Lamar, former President of the Re…