Port Isabel, Texas

Oddities & history & stories from the southernmost coast of Texas... Exploring the big history of the little seaside town of Port Isabel. Located at the extreme south tip of Texas, Port Isabel has a long and storied history, and most of it's true!

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Friday Jul 31, 2020

An 1870’s slice of Port Isabel, Texas history, as read from an 1895 newspaper account:
 
IT GREW EPIDEMIC
 
The Curious Mania Which Swept Over a Texas Town.
 
Sane People Organized to Subdue the Craze Created by a Demented Preacher Who Did Strange Things.

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