DUANE
Cameron County, Texas
Historical Markers in Port Isabel, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 6 Texas historical markers in Port Isabel, in Cameron County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War, Texas Revolution, and Tales of Tragedy. The markers on this list were placed between 1964 and 1996.
Start with these Port Isabel stories
- Point Isabel, C.S.A.placed 1964
After Texas seceded and joined the Confederacy, the Federal Navy in late 1861 blockaded this port with the U.S. "Santiago de Cuba".
- Port Isabel (Old Point Isabel)placed 1972
Site of a ranch settlement, owned by Don Rafael Garcia, called "El Fronton de Santa Ysabel" (Bluff of Saint Isabel) about the year 1828.
- Port of Matamorosplaced 1994
The Port of Matamoros was established in 1824. Commercial cargo, shipped mainly from New Orleans and other U.S. ports, was unloaded at the port and…
- Queen Isabel Innplaced 1991
Built by 1906 to lodge Rio Grande Railroad Company passengers and tourists, especially fishermen and hunters, the Queen Isabel Inn was first known as…
- Charles Championplaced 1996
The son of Joseph Champion, an Italian immigrant who settled in Texas in 1855, Charles Champion was born on February 2, 1870, in Old Point Isabel.
- Site of Fort Polkplaced 1995
A mexican village developed on this point, settled by mexican ranchers in the 1700's. The village was abandoned prior to the U.S. Declaration of war…
All 6 historical markers in Port Isabel
Historical markers near Port Isabel
- Brownsville31 stories · 20 mi
- San Benito6 stories · 26 mi
- Donna5 stories · 53 mi
- Edinburg5 stories · 61 mi
- Pharr7 stories · 61 mi
- McAllen15 stories · 64 mi
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