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The Story Behind the Photo [1947]
“Thriving Port Isabel Steeped In Tradition Seeks to Make State Monument Of Ancient Lighthouse” HIGHLIGHTS:• Known at “Fisherman’s Paradise” & “Brushville”• Population 1,304 – 1,306 persons• Two-thirds live on revenue derived from fishing industry• Fishing industry estimated at a million dollars a year• Small boat building businesses• A million dollar port• Lighthouse “extinguished”• Sen. Kelly…
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Capture Giant Sea-Cow
Monster Taken by Fishermen Weights 3,000 Pounds and is Twelve Feet Long. This story is one of those tales from the sea that fed the traveler’s imagination! The capture of the Manatee nearly caused the death of one local angler in the fray. Reprinted from an article in a Baxter Springs, Kan. newspaper in 1912.…
