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INGLESIDE,
TEXASSan Patricio
County, Texas Gulf Coast
Northside of Corpus Christi Bay
4 miles S of
Aransas Pass
14 miles NE of Corpus
Christi
Population:
9,388 (2000) |
| Photo
courtesy Ken Rudine, May 2007 |
History
in a Seashell
Early Scottish settler John Vineyard is credited with naming the city after his
ancestral home. A hard date for a beginning would be 1854 when a man named George
Hatch purchased land. He sold acreage to newcomers and the next year brothers
George and Marcellus Turner arrived - opening the area's first post office in
1857.
A man named Henry Nold operated the Ingleside Male and Female Academy
from 1857 until 1862 when it was destroyed by Union troops. Until the arrival
of the railroad, Ingleside was supplied by steamships.
Ingleside was bypassed
by the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway and Palomas was established as a flag
stop. For a short period both Palomas and Ingleside post offices served the area.
Residents set up a new townsite near the railroad in 1893, and a large hotel was
built in the early 1890s in hopes of luring landbuyers. The hoped-for boom was
in reality a bust and the total population of Ingleside in the 1890s was only
30.
In 1916 a disasterous hurricane struck - delaying development. In
the late 20s, Humble Oil built a tank farm at Port Ingleside, and planned a refinery.
The housing built for company employees insured growth. - which is exactly what
happened.
By 1947 the area had 1,125 Inglesiders and by 1970 there were
4,050. The Corps of Engineers cut La Quinta Channel, through Ingleside Point in
1954, creating the area now known as Ingleside-on-the-Bay. After 1972 the population
grew steadily, reaching over 6,000 in 1988 - and over 9,000 for the year 2000.
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Ingleside
Gulf Coast Scenes & Historical Markers
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courtesy Ken Rudine, May 2007 |
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courtesy Ken Rudine, May 2007 |
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courtesy Ken Rudine, May 2007 |
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courtesy Ken Rudine, May 2007 |
| Photo
courtesy Ken Rudine, May 2007 |
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courtesy Ken Rudine, May 2007 |
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courtesy Ken Rudine, May 2007 | |
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