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Maxan Street, downtown Port Isabel
It’s the mid 1920s and Point Isabel is buzzing with activity including this street improvement project on Maxan St. near the Point Isabel Lighthouse. The roadway was cleared and rebar and forms laid. Sidewalks and curbs were added. Maxan St. was the main street in Port Isabel for most tourism traffic catching the ferry to…
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Campbell’s Sea Chest To Have Formal Opening
Campbell’s Sea Chest To Have Formal OpeningReprinted from the Port Isabel PressJanuary 29, 1954 Campbell’s Sea Chest will open in the new location opposite the Lighthouse Saturday, January 30. The Sea Chest is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roland Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell came to Port Isabel six years ago and opened a “shell…
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Late 1970s Downtown Port Isabel
Downtown Port Isabel in the early-1980s. The 2nd Queen Isabella Causeway opened for traffic in September 1974. The traffic pattern through Port Isabel changed as a result of the new route. Garcia Street (the last street before crossing the causeway) was less traveled and Maxan Street, one block north of Highway 100 became more developed.…
