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Ingleside marina
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, May 2007 |
History in
a Seashell
Early
Scottish settler John Vineyard is credited with naming the city after
his ancestral home. A hard date for a beginning would be 1854 when
a man named George Hatch purchased land. He sold acreage to newcomers
and the next year brothers George and Marcellus Turner arrived - opening
the area's first post office in 1857.
A man named Henry Nold operated the Ingleside Male and Female Academy
from 1857 until 1862 when it was destroyed by Union troops. Until
the arrival of the railroad, Ingleside was supplied by steamships.
Ingleside was bypassed by the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway
and Palomas was established as a flag stop. For a short period both
Palomas and Ingleside post offices served the area. Residents set
up a new townsite near the railroad in 1893, and a large hotel was
built in the early 1890s in hopes of luring landbuyers. The hoped-for
boom was in reality a bust and the total population of Ingleside in
the 1890s was only 30.
In 1916 a disasterous hurricane struck - delaying development. In
the late 20s, Humble Oil built a tank farm at Port
Ingleside, and planned a refinery. The housing built for company
employees insured growth. - which is exactly what happened.
By 1947 the area had 1,125 Inglesiders and by 1970 there were 4,050.
The Corps of Engineers cut La Quinta Channel, through Ingleside Point
in 1954, creating the area now known as Ingleside-on-the-Bay. After
1972 the population grew steadily, reaching over 6,000 in 1988 - and
over 9,000 for the year 2000.
Ingleside Historical Marker
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Ingleside bay
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Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, May 2007 |
Ingleside Texas
historical marker
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Rudine, May 2007 |
"Early Ingleside
Schools" Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, May 2007 |
Historical Marker:
Inwood Drive/CR 125, Ingleside
Early Ingleside
Schools
Early education
in Ingleside began in the 1850s when settlers John P. and Susan Hatch
Borden established Bay Seminary in 1854. The Borden's School was closed
by 1860. Henry Nold bought land from the Bordens and opened Ingleside
College in 1857. Nold expanded the curriculum and built more frame
structures for at least 30 boarding students. During the Civil War
the college buildings were torn down. A school in nearby Allendale
was built about 1872 and was active until 1910. The Ingleside public
school system began about 1900.
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Ingleside City
Limit
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, May 2007 |
San
Patricio County 1920s map showing Ingleside
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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