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property on which the Charles Champion store stands dates to the War with Mexico.
The building is in use today as the Port Isabel Historical Museum. Address is
317 Railroad Avenue, Port Isabel |
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The
Charles Champion General Store. Sign Reads:
The (Key) of the Gulf - Charles
Champion Proprietor
The
Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN08733, Courtesy of The Center for
American History, The University of Texas at Austin |
| | Postcard
courtesy Cruse Aviation |
| The
Champion store with lighthouse visible behind. | |
| | Postcard
courtesy Cruse Aviation | | Another
view of the building. The light colored patches on the facade are paintings of
various gulf fish species - a mural painted in 1906. | |
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