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"Excursion
from Harbor City to the Pass"
Postcard with date written on back Jan 12, 1914.
Harbor City, TX
Courtesy William
Beauchamp |
History in
a Pecan Shell
A planned community
that was proposed in the late 1880s, Harbor City never grew beyond
an Inn opened to accommodate potential investors.
Although a plat was filed for a town and a planned road connecting
the would-be community to Portland,
the Ingleside Inn was the only tangible asset of the developer's dream.
A bad economy dashed hopes for a town, but the inn survived into the
1920s, ferrying guests daily from Corpus
Christi. In 1913 a post office was opened but was moved in 1917
to Ingleside. The population was
reported as 40 in 1914 and in the mid 1920s the site was renamed Port
Ingleside although some maps still show it's name as Harbor City.
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San
Patricio County 1920s map showing Harbor City on Corpus Christi
Bay just S of Ingleside
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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