Island Timeline Information gathered by Mary Craft - please post any corrections 1800 Padre Balli gets land grant from Spain 1844 Padre Balli leaves 1845 Republic of Texas becomes 28h state 1847 Singer family shipwrecked on the Island 1861 Texas seceded Civil war troops occupy island - Singers move to the Bluff 1869 Texas re-admitted 1927 Don Patricio Causeway Jones Bros from Kansas buy 3500 acres from Patrick Dunn 1933 A hurricane destroys causeway (this was before the hurricanes were named) 1949 Intracoastal dredged - last cattle drive across laguna 1950 North Padre Island Causeway with swing bridge $1 toll Red Dot Bait Shop on intracostal 1951 Loma Alta motel built 1953 First house built on dry lot near Packery Park (it’s still there near Prudential Realty) 1955 Dunn house on Packery 196? Frenchy’s built where American Bank is now. The first topless wedding in the country was there. 196? Chicken In Hamburger Out Restaurant where Prudential Realty is now. You can still see the drive thru window. 196? Gulf Park Pier twice as long as Bob Hall is now and it had 3 tiers that extended horizontally from pier. Padre Grill run by Gus Mergele there. 1965 Ben Marks with the Great Western group from Corpus Christi purchased 3500 acres, The president was Jack Modesett Jr. 1967 Start building seawall 4200’ Million Dollar Inn built Causeway paid off - no more toll 1968 Start Galleon bay subdivision $1 million in lots sold Seawall completed by Heldenfels Bros and is the only private seawall Causeway and bridge named JFK Ladybird Johnson dedicated Padre Island National Seashorer 1969 14 houses, 284 condos Complete galleon subdivision $8 million sold First subdivision house on Goldfish - 2nd on Aquarius others on Emerald Island House built at a cost of $1.6 million 44 condos on original plan went to 72 due to demand. Condo cost $20-25,000 Surfside Condos on Windward built at a cost of $1 million has 44 units 1970 Marks sells to Financial Corp of America from California Golf course completed (Graham) Padre Island Country Club hires Gene Graham Civil Engineer (previously worked for Heldenfels Bros) Gulfstream Condos built 132 units 6 story $2.5 mil 24”pipeline put in 361 bridge made 20 ft not 13 ft 1971 Dairy Queen run by Obramovich (sp?) family Thunderbird shell shop 1972 Million Dolllar Inn sold Seawall injunction by state and county had extension halted only privately owned seawall There was a San Antonio to Padre Auto Rallye 400 miles 250 entrants finishing point PICC sponsored by PIIC Miss Padre Isles was a 28’ Bertram power cruiser that offered sightseeing, deep sea fishing or cruising. 3000’ tow wall completed - 1200 south stucco street signs put in 1973 Braniff Place replaced Million Dollar Inn Red Carpet with 150 rooms built where Holiday Inn is now High bridge completed 73’ high - no more swing bridge Portofino built and made the 8 story building the tallest on the Island. Efficiency, 2-3 BR price range $21-55,000 Back 9 opens at the golf course 1974 Braniff closed PIIC banner year $24 million Injunction settled - developers retain sea wall state gains 200 acres north and county land south Anchor Resort built - originally named Puerto del Padre Tradewinds subdivision started Island Services - subsidy of PIIC - did Island maintenance, mowing , security and started arranging vacation trips by bus from Canada 1975 93 houses 500 condos Puenta Vista built 77 units New Country Club manager Swiss born Renato Retteghieri 1976 First La Posada began by Father Patricio of St Andrews Fairway villas built 47 units 1-2BR 1977 Ports o’ Call completed 213 acres - lots sold with building compulsion. If you bought a lot you had so much time to build on it. No more land speculation. 1978 Tennis Davis Cup tournament sponsored by PIIC and the Tennis Assoc of Corpus Christi 17 million watched in Canada and Venezuela 1979 Trice Surf Shop at the corner of Whitecap and SPID - torn down since There was a bad oil spill 1981 Island annexed by the city. Island no longer self run. 1982 Sea Pines subdivision begun - 46 acres 1983 Eagle Run condos built Subway strip and furniture store built 1984 J. P. Luby Park - recreational area created at the beach with gazebo, volleyball courts near where Packery Channel is now. They tried to create a good surfing spot with breakers in the water to get surfers to move from Bob Hall Pier where fishermen complained. 1985 Dug Cape Summer canals - “ski alley” that never got bulkheaded Cane Harbor Street on Lake Padre - 47 home sites created 1994 Paul Schexnailder and his partner buy 1200 acres - company name Asset Development
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 02:35:51 +0000
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