http://visitorsguide.portasouthjetty.com/ en-us http://visitorsguide.portasouthjetty.com/news/2011-11-25/History/Port_Aransas_rose_from_sands_of_fishing_village.html <img src="http://visitorsguide.portasouthjetty.com/sites/visitorsguide.portasouthjetty.com/files/images/2011-11-25/2p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="2p1.jpg" title="2p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="150" height="97" /><p>In a town once known as Tarpon, Texas, it&rsquo;s hard to imagine that the town, now called Port Aransas, is home to multi-story condominiums, restaurants and retail shops, canal front subdivisions, a network of paved streets and sidewalks, and an airport. All this on an island where Karankawa Indians roamed and cattle grazed.</p><p><a href="http://visitorsguide.portasouthjetty.com/news/2011-11-25/History/Port_Aransas_rose_from_sands_of_fishing_village.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://visitorsguide.portasouthjetty.com/news/2011-11-25/History/Port_Aransas_rose_from_sands_of_fishing_village.html#comments 2011-11-25 History Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:00:06 +0000 10117 at