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SEADRIFT,
TEXAS
Calhoun County,
Texas Gulf Coast
State Hwy 185 and San Antonio Bay
17 miles SW of Port Lavaca
30 miles SE of Victoria
Population: 1,277 (1990)
Seadrift
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Port
Lavaca Hotels
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Seadrift
has been promoting itself as a "City of Murals".
Here is one of the best.
TE photo, 2001 |
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Seadrift got its post office in 1891. The name originated much
earlier - perhaps named after the debris from the hurricanes that
destroyed Indianola.
In the mid-1890s
its population was about 120 and things were pretty quiet until 1911.
That year lots were sold with a bonus of 5 acres outside of town for
each lot sold in town. Soon enough lots were sold to incorporate the
town in 1912. By 1914 their were 1,250 people - almost exactly
the same number as there are today. |
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A severe hurricane
in 1919 stopped rail service and many people left for greener and
drier pastures. The prosperous times of the 1920s found Seadrift
in an economic slump.
The population
was a mere 320 in 1926 and it didn't break the 1,000 person mark
until 1961. Vietnamese settled in the area in the 70s and 80s, enjoying
the familiar occupation of fishing and the familiar coastal humidity
of Vietnam.
Seadrift
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Port
Lavaca Hotels
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The
Welcoming Sign
TE photo |
A
large home - possibly the old hotel?
TE photo |
| Photo
courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2006 |
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