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Texas Gulf Coast

Texas' coast has as fascinating a history as that other state. Florida might have had a few more shipwrecks, but why would anyone brag about what bad sailors they were? Besides, we used to have our own Navy and actually hired our ships and sailors out to Yucatan to protect them from Mexican ships. Can Florida say that?
LaSalle liked the Texas Coast so much, he arranged to have his men kill him there. There are bridges, lighthouses, ferries and piers, jetties, seagulls and men without peers. Galveston and Corpus Christi, remain the popular centers, but the tranquility of places like Palacios, Rockport, and Fulton make you rethink your home on the range. Even the Comanches found time to pay the coast a visit. Although the seaport of Linnville didn't survive the visit. Cattle Barons like Shanghai Pierce were just barely inland, and Mrs. King set up a house in Corpus Christi so that the kids might attend school and soak up a little more civilization than they were getting on the Ranch.

Texas Gulf Coast Region Travel Guide

TOWN COUNTY
Agua Dulce Nueces
Aldine Harris
Algoa Galveston
Almeda Harris
Alvin - Alvin Hotels Brazoria
Anahuac Chambers
Angleton Brazoria
Aransas Pass Aransas/San Patricio/Nueces
Arcola 8-16-07 Fort Bend
Armstrong Kenedy
Austwell Refugio
Baffin Bay 11-21-07  
Banquete Nueces
Bay City Matagorda
Bayside 7-1-07 Refugio
Baytown Chambers / Harris
Beaumont Feature Jefferson
Big Hill Jefferson
Bishop Nueces
Blessing Matagorda
Bluntzer Nueces
Boca Chica 6-1-07 Cameron
Boca Chica Village Cameron
Boling Wharton
Bonney 8-26-07 Brazoria
Bridge City Orange
Brownsville Cameron
Champions Harris
Channelview - Channelview Hotels Harris
Chapman Ranch Nueces
China Jefferson
China Grove 8-26-07 Brazoria
Clear Lake City - Clear Lake Hotels Harris
Clemville Matagorda
Cleveland 5-8-08 Liberty
Clute Brazoria
Coletoville 6-23-07 Victoria
Collegeport Matagorda
Combes 2-28-08 Cameron
Copano 7-1-07 Refugio
Corpus Christi Feature Nueces
Cox's Point 6-8-07 Calhoun
Crystal Beach Galveston
Cypress 2-3-08 Harris
Daisetta Liberty
Damon 8-23-07 Brazoria
Danevang Wharton
Dayton Liberty
Diddy Wa Diddy Fort Bend
Driscoll Nueces
Edna Jackson
Edroy San Patricio
Egypt Wharton
El Campo 7-1-07 Wharton
El Sauz Willacy
Fannett Jefferson
Francitas 5-25-07 Jackson
Freeport 8-8-07 Brazoria
Fresno 8-16-07 Fort Bend
Friendswood Galveston / Harris
Fulton 7-1-07 Aransas
Galveston Galveston
Ganado Jackson
Glen Chambers
Glen Flora Wharton
Gregory San Patricio
Gulf Prairie Brazos
Guy 8-16-07 Fort Bend
Hamshire Jefferson
Harlingen Cameron
High Island Galveston
Hitchcock 3-31-07 Galveston
Houston Harris
Humble Harris
Iago Wharton
Indian Lake Cameron
Indianola Calhoun
Inez Victoria
Ingleside San Patricio
Jacinto City Harris
Jamaica Beach Galveston
Jersey Village Harris
Juliff Fort Bend
Kemah Galveston
Kingsville Kleberg
Kohrville Harris
Kopernik Shores Cameron
La Feria Cameron
La Fruta San Patricio
La Marque - La Marque Hotels Galveston
La Paloma Cameron
La Porte 4-14-08 Harris
La Salle Jackson
La Ward Jackson
Lake Jackson 8-26-07 Brazoria
Lamar Aransas
Lasara Willacy
League City Galveston
Liberty 2-26-08 Liberty
Lily White Harris
Linnville Calhoun
Lolita Jackson
Los Fresnos 2-25-08 Cameron
Louise Wharton
Loyola Beach Kleberg
Lozano 4-24-08 Cameron
Lyford Willacy
Mackay Wharton
Manhattan Matagorda
Matagorda Matagorda
Mathis 2-1-07 San Patricio
McFaddin Victoria
Meansville San Patricio
Midfield Matagorda
Minnetex Harris
Monroe City Chambers
Morgan's Point 3-3-08 Harris
Mykawa Harris
Nederland - Nederland Hotels Jefferson
Needville 8-16-07 Fort Bend
Newgulf Wharton
Nome Jefferson
Odem San Patricio
Olivia Calhoun
Olmito Cameron
Orange Orange
Otey Brazoria
Oyster Creek 8-25-07 Brazoria
Palacios Matagorda
Pasadena Harris
Pearland - Pearland Hotels Harris
Pierce Wharton
Pleak Fort Bend
Podo Matagorda
Podunk Harris
Point Comfort Calhoun
Port Alto Calhoun
Port Aransas Nueces
Port Arthur Jefferson
Port Isabel Cameron
Port Lavaca Calhoun
Port Neches Jefferson
Port O'Connor Calhoun
Portland San Patricio
Quintana Brazos
Raisin Victoria
Rancho Viejo 2-28-07 Cameron
Raymondville Willacy
Raywood Liberty
Refugio Refugio
Ricardo Kleberg
Richmond Fort Bend
Rio Hondo 4-7-08 Cameron
Riviera Kleberg
Riviera Beach Kleberg
Robstown Nueces
Rockport Aransas
Rosenberg - Rosenberg Hotels Fort Bend
Rosharon 8-26-07 Brazoria
Rowanville Brazoria
Rye Liberty
Sabine Jefferson
Sabine Pass Jefferson
San Benito Cameron
San Patricio 7-1-07 San Patricio
San Perlita Willacy
Sandy Point 8-26-07 Brazoria
Santa Maria 2-21-08 Cameron
Santa Rosa 4-24-08 Cameron
Sarita Kenedy
Seabrook Harris/Chambers/Galveston
Seadrift Calhoun
Shanghai Wharton
Simpsonville Matagorda
Sinton 7-1-07 San Patricio
South Padre Island Cameron
Southside Place Harris
Spring - Spring Hotels Harris
Stafford - Stafford Hotels Fort Bend
Stowell Chambers
Sugar Land - Sugar Land Hotels Fort Bend
Surfside Beach 8-8-07 Brazoria
Taft 7-1-07 San Patricio
Tejon Cameron
Texana 4-28-08 Jackson
Texas City - Texas City Hotels Galveston
Tivoli Refugio
Tomball Harris
Vattmann Kleberg
Velasco 8-8-07 Brazoria
Victoria 4-10-08 Victoria
Violet Nueces
Weedhaven Jackson
West Columbia 8-26-07 Brazoria
Wharton   Wharton
Winnie Chambers
Woodsboro 4-10-08 Refugio
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