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The Mansfield Cut Underwater Archeological District is an 18.31-acre (74,100 m 2) area located near the city of Port Mansfield, Texas, United States, in the waters off Kenedy County and Willacy County, Texas.
Pennant of the Archer. Archer was built in Baltimore, Maryland at the Schott and Whitney shipyard. Originally called the Galveston, she was rechristened in honor of Branch Tanner Archer, a diplomat of the Republic of Texas. [1] She was the last ship of the Texas Navy to be delivered under a contract with the shipbuilding firm Schott and Whitney.
Port Mansfield Channel or Mansfield Cut is an artificial waterway encompassing the Laguna Madre positioned at the 97th meridian west on the earth's longest barrier island known as Padre Island. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During Post–World War II , the tidal inlet was dredged as a private channel differentiating North Padre Island better known as Padre ...
This year, during an "exceptional drought" in East Texas, the river is low again, and a man discovered the last resting place of World War I wooden-hulled ships in the low water. Why was Milner ...
The Texan brig Wharton was a two-masted brig of the Second Texas Navy from 1839 to 1846. She was the sister ship of the Archer.Accompanying the Texas flagship, Austin, she defeated a larger force of Mexican Navy steamships in the Naval Battle of Campeche in May 1843.
List of museums in Archer - Collin counties, Texas; Museum name City County Notes Refs Allen Heritage Center Allen: Collin: Local history, photos, clothing, located in a replica depot [1] Archer County Historical Museum Archer City: Archer: National Register of Historic Places listings in Archer County, Texas, State antiquities landmark [2]
The 46th annual Ohio Civil War Show will take place 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Archer County, Texas. There is one property listed on the National Register in the county. This property is a State Antiquities Landmark and includes two Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.