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Laguna Madre

Alligators

The alligators of South Padre Island.

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Coconuts 1999

1999 Coconut’s Bar and Grill on South Padre Island.

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Sea Ranch Marina

The Sea Ranch Marina of South Padre Island.

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Port Isabel Fingers

Port Isabel is the home port of South Padre Island.

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USS Ranger

The arrival of the USS Ranger CV-61 aircraft carrier on her final voyage past South Padre Island to the ship breaker in the Port of Brownsville.

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Don Patricio Causeway

Colonel Samuel Arthur Robertson, with the backing of some Kansas City capitalists, built the first causeway to the island – the Don Patricio Causeway, which connected Flour Bluff to the island. It was named for the rancher, Pat Dunn. This wooden causeway was three miles long, cost $95,000, had a drawbridge in the center for … Continue reading »

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USS Ranger CV-61

After a 16,000 mile final voyage being towed from her home port of the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, the aircraft carrier USS Ranger CV-61 arrives in South Padre Island her final port of call on July 12, 2015.

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