PORT ISABEL LIGHTHOUSE

Port Isabel, Texas

A primitive "Point" Isabel in the 1920s
The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN03158, Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Port Isabel lighthouse, railroad and town

The lighthouse with railroad in foreground.
The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN03157, Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Port Isabel lighthouse, town and railroad, Texas old photo

Same view as previous photo with more forground detail. Note barrel of water on roof of freight depot - a early fire extinguisher
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The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN03185, Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Note the lighthouse tender's rowboat. "Point" Isabel, Texas
The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, Image RUN08724, Courtesy of The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Old Point Isabel lighthouse, Port Isabel, Texas

"Old Point Isabel Lighthouse Built 1852, Port Isabel, Texas"
Postcard courtesy Cruse Aviation

The Port Isabel lighthouse today
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson

Cameron County 1920s map showing Port Isabel, Light House & Brownsville
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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