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Ila Loetscher
Ila Loetscher is known as the Turtle Lady of South Padre Island and the founder of Sea Turtle, Inc.
Categories: History, People, Photos, Wildlife
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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
Categories: Bay, History, Laguna Madre, Photos, Vehicles
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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.
Categories: Bay, Boats, History, Laguna Madre, Ocean, Photos, Sea
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