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Port O'Connor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calhoun County, Texas, United States, near the Gulf coastline between Galveston and Corpus Christi. The CDP had a population of 954 at the 2010 census .
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce was founded in Fort Worth, Texas in December 1918. [1] Its first convention took place in Mineral Wells, Texas in 1919. [1] Its first chairman was Colonel Cornelius T. Herring, a rancher, banker and hotelier. [1] It published West Texas Today. [1] It merged with the Texas Chamber of Commerce in Austin, Texas ...
1909 Port O’Connor is established. The St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway establishes a terminus at Port O’Connor. [17] 1920 Port Lavaca builds a seawall to protect itself against hurricanes. [3] 1931 Lavaca Bay causeway is constructed. [3] 1934-1935 Oil and natural gas discovered near Port Lavaca. [3] 1947 Alcoa opens a plant at ...
Espiritu Santo Bay is a northeastern extension of San Antonio Bay in Calhoun County, Texas. It is separated from Matagorda Bay by a line of barrier islands that run south from Port O'Connor to Matagorda Island.
Building of a lighthouse to guide sea-going vessels into Matagorda Bay through Pass Cavallo was authorized by the Congress of the Republic of Texas in 1845 . When President James K. Polk signed the Texas Annexation documents on December 29, 1845, it became the responsibility of the United States. [2]
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Port O'Connor recorded wind gusts of 89 mph (143 km/h), and there was an unofficial wind gust of 100 mph (160 km/h) at Point Comfort. [37] Claudette's wind field extended into Louisiana, with a 43 mph (68 km/h) wind gust recorded in Cameron. [1] High tides and winds caused severe beach erosion from High Island to Freeport. [20]
Oaxaca (previously the German Hameln) was a Mexican freighter that was sunk on July 26, 1942 by the German Type IX submarine U-171, commanded by Oberleutnant Günther Pfeffer, a few hours after she left the port of Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship was hit by one torpedo and broke in two, sinking within three or four minutes. Six crewmen were ...